Hirudinidae

Hirudinidae

Hirudinidae

Family of annelids

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

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Genera

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

  1. Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Limnatis Moquin-Tandon, 1827
  3. Limnobdella Blanchard, 1893
  4. Ornithobdella Benham, 1909
  5. Pintobdella Caballero, 1937
  6. Poecilobdella Blanchard, 1893
Genera of uncertain placement
  1. Asiaticobdella Richardson, 1969
  2. Aulastoma Moquin-Tandon, 1827
  3. Dinobdella Moore, 1927
  4. Diplobdella Moore, 1902
  5. Hexabdella Verrill, 1872
  6. Myxobdella Oka, 1917
  7. Oxyptychus Grube, 1850
  8. Potamobdella Caballero

References

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