Hirudinidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Suborder: Hirudiniformes
Family: Hirudinidae
Whitman, 1886

Hirudinidae[1] is a family of leeches belonging to the order Arhynchobdellida.[2]

Genera

The Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera[3] lists:

  1. Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Limnatis Moquin-Tandon, 1827
  3. Limnobdella Blanchard, 1893
  4. Ornithobdella Benham, 1909
  5. Pintobdella Caballero, 1937
  6. Poecilobdella Blanchard, 1893
Genera of uncertain placement
  1. Asiaticobdella Richardson, 1969
  2. Aulastoma Moquin-Tandon, 1827
  3. Dinobdella Moore, 1927
  4. Diplobdella Moore, 1902
  5. Hexabdella Verrill, 1872
  6. Myxobdella Oka, 1917
  7. Oxyptychus Grube, 1850
  8. Potamobdella Caballero

References

  1. โ†‘ Whitman CO (1886). The Leeches of Japan. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. (series 2) 26(103): 317-416.
  2. โ†‘ "Hirudinidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  3. โ†‘ IRMNG: taxon details: Hirudinidae (retrieved 28 August 2021)
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