Hirudinidae is a family of leeches belonging to the order Arhynchobdellida. The Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera lists: Hirudo Linnaeus...
Haemadipsidae are mostly native to the tropics and subtropics, while the aquatic Hirudinidae have a wider global range; both of these feed largely on mammals, including...
Hirudo is a genus of leeches of the family Hirudinidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The two...
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...
Lang, S. A.; Shain, D. H. (2016). "A new species of Hirudo (Annelida: Hirudinidae): historical biogeography of Eurasian medicinal leeches". BMC Zoology...
Poecilobdella is a genus of Asian leeches belonging to the family Hirudinidae. Together with the genus Hirudinaria, they have been called Asian buffalo...
2001). "Leeches of the suborder Hirudiniformes (Hirudinea: Haemopidae, Hirudinidae, Haemadipsidae) from the Ganga watershed (Nepal, India: Bihar)" (PDF)...
The other notable group of jawed blood-sucking leeches are the aquatic Hirudinidae. The Xerobdellidae are sometimes included in the Haemadipsidae, but their...
Family Cylicobdellidae Family Haemadipsidae Family Haemopidae Family Hirudinidae Family Semiscolecidae Family Xerobdellidae Order Rhynchobdellida Family...
Hirudobdella is a genus of annelids belonging to the family Hirudinidae. Species: Hirudobdella antipodum (Benham, 1904) Hirudobdella benhami Mason, 1976...
Limnatis nilotica is a species of leech in the family Hirudinidae. It is hematophagous (feeding on blood), living on the mucous membranes of mammals....
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...
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