Hirudinaria (annelid)

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Hirudinaria
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Suborder: Hirudiniformes
Family: Cylicobdellidae
Genus: Hirudinaria
Whitman, 1886

Hirudinaria[1] is a genus of large Asian leeches belonging to the family Cylicobdellidae;[2] previously it was placed in the Hirudinidae.[3][a] It includes species such as H. manillensis that may be called "Asian medicinal leeches", but together with the genus Poecilobdella, they are also described as Asian buffalo leeches.[3]

Species[]

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[4] lists:

  1. Phillips, 2012[3]
  2. (Wahlberg, 1855) - type species
  3. (Lesson, 1842)
  4. Jeratthitikul & Panha, 2020
  5. Moore, 1927

Basionym now in genus Poecilobdella:

  • Hirudinaria blanchardi Moore, 1901

References[]

  1. ^ Whitman CO (1886) The Leeches of Japan. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. (series 2) 26(103): 317-416.
  2. ^ IRMNG: taxon details Hirudinaria (retrieved 28 August 2021)
  3. ^ a b c Phillips AJ (2012) Phylogenetic placement of a new species of Asian buffalo leech (Arhynchobdellida: Hirudinidae), and confirmation of human-mediated dispersal of a congener to the Caribbean. Invertebrate Systematics, 26, 293–302. DOI: also available from: ResearchGate (accessed 29 August 2021).
  4. ^ GBIF: taxon details: Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 (retrieved 28 August 2021)
  1. ^ Note: Hirudinaria Scacchi, 1833 is now accepted as Galeomma Turton, 1825 in the bivalve Mollusc family Galeommatidae.

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