- are
segmented parasitic or
predatory worms that
comprise the
subclass Hirudinea within the
phylum Annelida. They are
closely related to the oligochaetes...
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Hirudinea. The
oligochaetes contain the
tubificids (Naididae, Lumbricidae, and
Lumbriculidae -
commonly the tube
worms and the earthworms.
Hirudinea contains...
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Invertebrate Systematics. 16: 1–6. doi:10.1071/IT01011. "Phylum Annelida:
class Hirudinea (Leeches)",
Parasites of
North American Freshwater Fishes, Ithaca, NY:...
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leech and the physician: biology, etymology, and
medical practice with
Hirudinea medicinalis".
World Journal of Surgery. 24 (7): 878–883. doi:10.1007/s002680010141...
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Turtle leeches are a genus, Ozobranchus, of
leeches (
Hirudinea) that feed
exclusively on the
blood of turtles. Only two species—Ozobranchus
margoi and...
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burrowers that feed on
wholly or
partly decomposed organic materials.
Hirudinea,
whose name
means "leech-shaped" and
whose best
known members are leeches...
- a
separate subclass from the
Hirudinea. However, the
World Register of
Marine Species places them
within the
Hirudinea, as a
sister group to Euhirudinea...
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infraclass of the
Hirudinea.
These ****ellate
annelids are of
somewhat unclear relationships;
namely the
relationships of
Hirudinea with oligochaetes...
- Oka, A. 1917.
Zoological Results of a Tour in the Far East, pt. III.
Hirudinea.
Memoirs of the
Asiatic Society of Bengal, VI, pp. 157-176, pl. VII. Sawyer...
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Shabnam & Saglam, Naim (2020). "The
status of the
leech fauna (Annelida,
Hirudinea) at the
Eastern Region of Azerbaijan".
Journal of
Wildlife and Biodiversity...
