Hirudinaria | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Subclass: | Hirudinea |
Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
Suborder: | Hirudiniformes |
Family: | Cylicobdellidae |
Genus: |
Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 |
Hirudinaria [1] is a genus of large Asian leeches belonging to the family Cylicobdellidae; [2] previously it was placed in the Hirudinidae. [3] [a] 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]
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility [4] lists:
Basionym now in genus Poecilobdella:
Hirudinaria | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Subclass: | Hirudinea |
Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
Suborder: | Hirudiniformes |
Family: | Cylicobdellidae |
Genus: |
Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 |
Hirudinaria [1] is a genus of large Asian leeches belonging to the family Cylicobdellidae; [2] previously it was placed in the Hirudinidae. [3] [a] 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]
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility [4] lists:
Basionym now in genus Poecilobdella: