Hirudinaria_(annelid)

<i>Hirudinaria</i> (annelid)

Hirudinaria (annelid)

Genus of leeches

Hirudinaria[1] is a genus of large Asian leeches belonging to the family Cylicobdellidae;[2] previously it was placed in the Hirudinidae.[3][lower-alpha 1] 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]

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Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[4] lists:

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

Basionym now in genus Poecilobdella:

  • Hirudinaria blanchardi Moore, 1901

References

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