Hirudinidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Class: | Clitellata |
Subclass: | Hirudinea |
Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
Suborder: | Hirudiniformes |
Family: | Hirudinidae Whitman, 1886 |
Hirudinidae [1] is a family of leeches belonging to the order Arhynchobdellida. [2]
The Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera [3] lists:
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