Erpobdelliformes

Erpobdelliformes
Kinabalu giant red leech ( Mimobdella buettikoferi )
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Clade:	Sedentaria
Class:	Clitellata
Subclass:	Hirudinea
Order:	Arhynchobdellida
Suborder:	Erpobdelliformes Sawyer, 1986
Families
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The Erpobdelliformes are one of the currently-accepted suborders of the proboscisless leeches (Arhynchobdellida). It includes five families: ^{[1] [2] [3]}

• Americobdellidae
• Erpobdellidae Blanchard, 1894
• Gastrostomobdellidae Richardson, 1971
• Orobdellidae Nakano, Ramlah & Hikida, 2012
• Salifidae Johansson, 1910

References

1. Takafumi Nakano (2011). "Holotype redescription of Mimobdella japonica (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdelliformes) and taxonomic status of the genus Mimobdella" (PDF). ZooKeys (119): 1–10. Bibcode:2011ZooK..119....1N. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.119.1501 . PMC   3192424 . PMID   21998513.
2. Takafumi Nakano; Zainudin Ramlah; Tsutomu Hikida (2012). "Phylogenetic position of gastrostomobdellid leeches (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdelliformes) and a new family for the genus Orobdella" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 41 (2): 177–185. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00506.x. S2CID   38186612.
3. "Erpobdelliformes names - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-12-05.