写真の標本は未検討,種名,生態ともに不明.自由生活ステージがあるのか,
または周辺に生息する魚類(ハゼ類,ヒメジ類,ネズッポ類,カレイ類,etc.)
から脱落したものかも不明.
消去法的にウオビル科としたので,"Piscicolidae gen. sp."という表現は避ける.
(おそらく現行のウオビル科は 'dumping ground' 的な扱いで,将来複数の科に
細分化されるかもしれない???)
フンビル目 Rhynchobdellida に3科,ヒラタビル科 に5属,エラビル科に1属,
ウオビル科に少なくとも3亜科61属 + シノニム13属(WoRMS 02 June 2014 by Jurgen Kolb).
日本産既知種は,ウオビル科19属24種,およびエラビル科1属4種
(日本生物地理学会サイト by
長澤 山内 海野 2008
, etc., see references below),ただし淡水産種含む.
ヒラタビル科は淡水産種のみ.
海外では Acanthobdellidea および Arhynchobdellida の海産種も既知.
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Nagasawa, Kazuya & Ken Sakaoka 2009First record of Limnotrachelobdella okae (Hirudinida, Piscicolidae) as prey for fishes: A case of heavy predation by Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae (Teleostei, Salmonidae). Biogeography, 11: 13-16.
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