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Glossiphoniidae
Placobdelloides siamensis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Annelida
Clade:
Pleistoannelida
Clade:
Sedentaria
Class:
Clitellata
Subclass:
Hirudinea
Order:
Rhynchobdellida
Family:
Glossiphoniidae Vaillant, 1890
Subfamilies
Glossiphoniinae
Haementeriinae
Theromyzinae
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Glossiphoniidae are a family of freshwater proboscis-bearing leeches. These leeches are generally flattened, and have a poorly defined anterior sucker. Most suck the blood of freshwater vertebrates like amphibians, crocodilians and aquatic turtles, but some feed on invertebrates like oligochaetes and freshwater snails instead. Although they prefer other hosts, blood-feeding species will opportunistically feed from humans.
There is considerable interest in the symbiotic bacteria that at least some glossiphoniids house in specialized organs called bacteriomes. The bacteria are thought to provide the leeches with nutrients that are scarce or absent from their regular diets. Haementeria as well as Placobdelloides have Enterobacteriaceae symbionts, while Placobdella harbours peculiar and independently derived alphaproteobacteria.[citation needed]
Glossiphoniidae are a family of freshwater proboscis-bearing leeches. These leeches are generally flattened, and have a poorly defined anterior sucker...
usually attached to an underwater surface; members of one family, Glossiphoniidae, exhibit parental care, the eggs being brooded by the parent. In terrestrial...
consists of small invertebrates such as insect larvae or amphipods. The Glossiphoniidae, the freshwater jawless leeches,[citation needed] or leaf leeches (due...
species of leeches. Haementeria ghilianii is a species of leech in the Glossiphoniidae family, comprising freshwater proboscis-bearing leeches. Colloquially...
Helobdella is a genus of leeches in the family Glossiphoniidae, the freshwater jawless leeches. They occur worldwide. These are small, flat leeches which...
Glossiphonia is a genus of Glossiphoniidae. The genus was described in 1816 by James Rawlins Johnson. It has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Glossiphonia...
Sri Lanka is an island close to the southern end of India with a tropical environment. The freshwater fauna is as large as it is common to other regions...
Theromyzon tessulatum is a species of leech in the family Glossiphoniidae. It is a haematophagous (blood-sucking) leech, found in freshwater habitats...
Hemiclepsis is a genus of leeches belonging to the family Glossiphoniidae. The species of this genus are found in Eurasia. Species: Hemiclepsis chharwardamensis...
Family Semiscolecidae Family Xerobdellidae Order Rhynchobdellida Family Glossiphoniidae Family Ozobranchidae (disputed) Family Piscicolidae Family †Plumulitidae...
Hemiclepsis marginata is a species of annelids belonging to the family Glossiphoniidae. The species is found in Eurasia. "Hemiclepsis marginata (O.F.Müller...
"Redescription of Placobdella parasitica (Say, 1824) Moore, 1901 (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 54 (2): 255–262...
also reptiles) and the invertebrate host is a glossiphoniid leech (Glossiphoniidae). This genus was described by Labbé in 1894. The type species is Dactylosoma...
This is a list of the Annelida recorded from Ireland. In Ireland the number of species is: Class Polychaeta 404 species Class Clitellata Subclass Oligochaeta...
Theromyzon is a genus of leeches belonging to the family Glossiphoniidae. There are about 14 described species in Theromyzon. Leeches of this genus parasitize...
Batracobdella is a genus of Glossiphoniidae. This genus is valid in Europe. But in North America, it has been synonymized to Desserobdella. The genus...
Haementeria is a genus of leeches in the family Glossiphoniidae. The genus was described in 1849 by Filippo De Filippi. It has been found in Europe and...
Placobdella is a genus of leeches belonging to the family Glossiphoniidae. Species can grow up to 6.5 cm in length, have extremely close eyes and mouths...
siamensis is a species of blood-feeding jawless leech in the family Glossiphoniidae. It is commonly known as the Siam shield leech and is a prevalent ectoparasite...
Alboglossiphonia heteroclita is a species of leeches belonging to the family Glossiphoniidae. It is distributed across the Holarctic region, in North America and...
Helobdella robusta is a leech of the family Glossiphoniidae. Its genome has been sequenced by the Joint Genome Institute, and its early development has...
"The cleavage pattern in the leech Theromyzon tessulatum (Hirudinea, Glossiphoniidae)". Journal of Morphology. 196 (2): 217–252. doi:10.1002/jmor.1051960210...
Tsimanampetsotsa is as follows: Annelida (ringed or segmented worms), family Glossiphoniidae (freshwater jawless leeches). Gastropoda species (snails and slugs):...
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