| Philobdella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
| Suborder: | Hirudiniformes |
| Family: | Macrobdellidae |
| Genus: | Philobdella Verrill, 1874 |
Philobdella [1] is a genus of Nearctic leeches belonging to the family Macrobdellidae. [2]
ITIS includes the following: [3]
Addison Emery Verrill was an American invertebrate zoologist, museum curator and university professor.
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John Percy Moore (1869–1965) was an American zoologist who specialized in the research of leeches.
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James Henry Emerton was an American arachnologist and illustrator.
Asura is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae, and subtribe Nudariina erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Glossiphoniidae are a family of freshwater proboscis-bearing leeches. These leeches are generally flattened, and have a poorly defined anterior sucker. Most suck the blood of freshwater vertebrates like amphibians, crocodilians and aquatic turtles, but some feed on invertebrates like oligochaetes and freshwater snails instead. Although they prefer other hosts, blood-feeding species will opportunistically feed from humans.
John Henry Leech was an English entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.
Scopula is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802.
Philobdella floridana is a species of leech that lives in the most southern parts of the United States. It is known only from Lake Okeechobee in Florida, and is probably conspecific with Philobdella gracilis.
Cyclostrema is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae.
Erpobdella is a genus of leeches in the family Erpobdellidae. Members of the genus have three or four pairs of eyes, but never have true jaws, and are typically 20–50 millimetres (0.8–2.0 in) long. All members do not feed on blood, but instead are predators of small aquatic invertebrates, which they often swallow whole.
Argynnis is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, one of several groups known as "fritillaries".
Hirudinidae is a family of leeches belonging to the order Arhynchobdellida.
Macrobdella is a genus of leeches native to freshwater ecosystems of North America, especially Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The genus is commonly referred to as North American medicinal leeches.
Haemopis is a genus of leeches belonging to the family Haemopidae. The species of this genus are found in Eurasia and Northern America.
Haemopidae is a family of leeches belonging to the order Arhynchobdellida.
Macrobdellidae is a family of Nearctic leeches belonging to the order Arhynchobdellida.
Hirudinaria is a genus of large Asian leeches belonging to the family Cylicobdellidae; previously it was placed in the Hirudinidae. 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.
Macrobdella decora, also known as the North American medicinal leech, is a species of freshwater leech. It is found in much of eastern North America in freshwater habitats, although there is one disjunct population in northern Mexico. M. decora is both a parasite of vertebrates, including humans, and an aquatic predator of eggs, larvae, and other invertebrates.