AfReMaS taxon details
Hirudinidae Whitman, 1886
160020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160020)
accepted
Family
- Genus Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758
Whitman, C. O. (1886). The Leeches of Japan. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> (series 2) 26(103): 317-416., available online at http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-26/103/317
page(s): 317 [details]
page(s): 317 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hirudinidae Whitman, 1886. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160020 on 2025-08-12
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Hirudinidae Whitman, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160020 on 2025-08-12
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Whitman, C. O. (1886). The Leeches of Japan. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> (series 2) 26(103): 317-416., available online at http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-26/103/317
page(s): 317 [details]
taxonomy source Richardson, L. R. (1969). A contribution to the systematics of the hirudinid leeches, with description of new families, genera and species. <em>Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae.</em> 15(1/2): 97-149., available online at https://archive.org/details/actazoologicaacademiaescientiarumhungaricae0015/page/n101
page(s): 97; note: created new families for genera in HIrudinidae [details] Available for editors
status source Phillips, A. J.; Siddall, M. E. (2009). Poly-paraphyly of Hirudinidae: many lineages of medicinal leeches. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology.</em> 9(1): 246., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-246 [details]
page(s): 317 [details]
taxonomy source Richardson, L. R. (1969). A contribution to the systematics of the hirudinid leeches, with description of new families, genera and species. <em>Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae.</em> 15(1/2): 97-149., available online at https://archive.org/details/actazoologicaacademiaescientiarumhungaricae0015/page/n101
page(s): 97; note: created new families for genera in HIrudinidae [details] Available for editors
status source Phillips, A. J.; Siddall, M. E. (2009). Poly-paraphyly of Hirudinidae: many lineages of medicinal leeches. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology.</em> 9(1): 246., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-246 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
