Hirudinaria (annelid)

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Hirudinaria
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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]

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Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility [4] lists:

  1. Hirudinaria bpling Phillips, 2012 [3]
  2. Hirudinaria javanica (Wahlberg, 1855) - type species
  3. Hirudinaria manillensis (Lesson, 1842)
  4. Hirudinaria thailandica Jeratthitikul & Panha, 2020
  5. Hirudinaria viridis Moore, 1927

Basionym now in genus Poecilobdella :

References

  1. ↑ Whitman CO (1886) The Leeches of Japan. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. (series 2) 26(103): 317-416.
  2. ↑ IRMNG: taxon details Hirudinaria (retrieved 28 August 2021)
  3. 1 2 3 Phillips AJ (2012) Phylogenetic placement of a new species of Asian buffalo leech (Arhynchobdellida: Hirudinidae), and confirmation of human-mediated dispersal of a congener to the Caribbean. Invertebrate Systematics, 26, 293–302. DOI: also available from: ResearchGate (accessed 29 August 2021).
  4. ↑ GBIF: taxon details: Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 (retrieved 28 August 2021)
  1. ↑ Note: HirudinariaScacchi, 1833 is now accepted as GaleommaTurton, 1825 in the bivalve Mollusc family Galeommatidae.
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