Macrobdella

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Macrobdella
North American Medicinal Leech imported from iNaturalist photo 56392667 on 4 December 2022.jpg
Macrobdella decora, the North American Medicinal Leech, in Buckingham, QC.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Suborder: Hirudiniformes
Family: Macrobdellidae
Genus: Macrobdella
Verrill, 1872 [1]

Macrobdella is a genus of leeches native to freshwater ecosystems of North America, especially Canada, Mexico, and the United States. [2] The genus is commonly referred to as North American medicinal leeches.

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References

  1. "Macrobdella Verrill, 1872". ITIS. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; Salas-Montiel, Ricardo; Phillips, Anna J. (July 2016). "Distribution of the New England Medicinal Leech, Macrobdella sestertia Whitman, 1886 and redeterminations of specimens of Macrobdella (Annelida: Clitellata: Macrobdellidae) at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 129 (1): 103–113. doi: 10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q2.103 . ISSN   0006-324X.
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Macrobdella decora (Say, 1824)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  4. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Macrobdella diplotertia". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  5. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Macrobdella ditetra". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  6. Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; Kvist, Sebastian; Salas-Montiel, Ricardo; Phillips, Anna J. (15 August 2019). "Phylogenetic Position and Description of a New Species of Medicinal Leech from the Eastern United States". Journal of Parasitology. 105 (4): 587–597. doi:10.1645/18-119. ISSN   0022-3395. PMID   31414949.
  7. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Macrobdella sestertia". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-17.