Hirudinidae

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

Hirudinidae[1] is a family of leeches belonging to the order Arhynchobdellida.[2]

Genera[]

The Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera[3] lists:

  1. Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Limnatis Moquin-Tandon, 1827
  3. Blanchard, 1893
  4. Benham, 1909
  5. Caballero, 1937
  6. Poecilobdella Blanchard, 1893
Genera of uncertain placement
  1. Richardson, 1969
  2. Moquin-Tandon, 1827
  3. Moore, 1927
  4. Moore, 1902
  5. Verrill, 1872
  6. Oka, 1917
  7. Grube, 1850
  8. Caballero

References[]

  1. ^ Whitman CO (1886). The Leeches of Japan. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. (series 2) 26(103): 317-416.
  2. ^ "Hirudinidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. ^ IRMNG: taxon details: Hirudinidae (retrieved 28 August 2021)

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