Calliobdella lophii Bloodsucker

Calliobdella lophii is commonly referred to as Bloodsucker. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10348 

AphiaID:

116955 

Scientific:

Calliobdella lophii 

German:

Seeteufel-Egel 

English:

Bloodsucker 

Category:

Parasites 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Clitellata (Class) > Rhynchobdellida (Order) > Piscicolidae (Family) > Calliobdella (Genus) > lophii (Species) 

Initial determination:

Van Beneden & Hesse, 1863 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Bay of Biscay, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles 

Sea depth:

2 - 1000 Meter 

Size:

1.97" - 2.76" (5cm - 7cm) 

Temperature:

51.8 °F - 68 °F (11°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Parasitic 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Calliobdella knightjonesi
• 
  Calliobdella lophii
  Seeteufel-Egel
• Calliobdella nodulifera
• Calliobdella vivida

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-01-19 19:00:23 

Last edit:

2017-01-19 19:27:55 

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