Poecilobdella

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Poecilobdella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Suborder: Hirudiniformes
Family: Hirudinidae
Genus: Poecilobdella
Blanchard, 1893

Poecilobdella [1] is a genus of Asian leeches belonging to the family Hirudinidae. [2] Together with the genus Hirudinaria , they have been called Asian buffalo (or cattle) leeches. [3]

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Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility [2] lists:

  1. Poecilobdella blanchardi (Moore, 1901) - type species
    - previously placed in subgenus: Limnatis (Poecilobdella)Blanchard, 1893
  2. Poecilobdella hubeiensis Yang, 1980
  3. Poecilobdella nanjingensis Yang, 1996

Now placed in the genus Hirudinaria :

References

  1. ↑ Blanchard (1893) Bol. Mus. Zool. Anat. comp. Torino, 8, no. 145.
  2. 1 2 GBIF: Poecilobdella Blanchard, 1893
  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).
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