Acanthobdellidea | |
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Acanthobdella peledina | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Subclass: | Hirudinea |
Infraclass: | Acanthobdellidea |
Acanthobdellidea is an infraclass of primitive leeches; some authors place them in a separate subclass from the Hirudinea. [1] However, the World Register of Marine Species places them within the Hirudinea, as a sister group to Euhirudinea, the true leeches. [2]
Species in the group include Acanthobdella peledina, described by the German zoologist Adolph Eduard Grube in 1851, [3] and A. livanowi, described in 1966. [4]
Acanthobdellidea | |
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Acanthobdella peledina | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Subclass: | Hirudinea |
Infraclass: | Acanthobdellidea |
Acanthobdellidea is an infraclass of primitive leeches; some authors place them in a separate subclass from the Hirudinea. [1] However, the World Register of Marine Species places them within the Hirudinea, as a sister group to Euhirudinea, the true leeches. [2]
Species in the group include Acanthobdella peledina, described by the German zoologist Adolph Eduard Grube in 1851, [3] and A. livanowi, described in 1966. [4]