WoRMS taxon details
Hirudinidae Whitman, 1886
160020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160020)
accepted
Family
- Subfamily Hirudinariinae Sawyer, 1986
- Genus Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758
- Subfamily Macrobdellinae Richardson, 1969
- Genus Macrobdella Verrill, 1872
- Genus Oxyptychus Grube, 1850
- Genus Diplobdella Moore, 1901 accepted as Oxyptychus Grube, 1850 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Myxobdella Oka, 1917
- Subfamily Ornithobdellinae Richardson, 1969
- Genus Aetheobdella Moore, 1935
- Genus Hirudobdella Goddard, 1910
- Genus Ornithobdella Benham, 1909
- Subfamily Richardsonianinae Richardson, 1969
- Genus Bassianobdella Richardson, 1970
- Genus Priscabdella Richardson, 1973
- Genus Quantenobdella Richardson, 1969
- Genus Richardsonianus Soos, 1968
- Genus Leptostoma Whitman, 1886 accepted as Whitmania Blanchard, 1888 (unaccepted > junior homonym, replaced junior homonym)
- Genus Microstoma Whitman, 1884 accepted as Whitmania Blanchard, 1888 (unaccepted > junior homonym, One of several junior homonyms to Microstoma Cuvier, 1817 in Pisces)
- Genus Whitmania Blanchard, 1888
- Genus Sanguisuga Savigny, 1822 accepted as Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758 (superfluous replacement name for Hirudo)
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: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160020 on 2025-12-02
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Nomenclature
original description
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]
Taxonomy
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
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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): 97; note: created new families for genera in HIrudinidae [details] Available for editors
[request]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
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Classification Richardson (1969) created several new families for genera formerly in Hirudinidae. These seem excessive, even as subfamilies, but require re-evaluation before data entry to WoRMS [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Swedish | käkiglar | [details] |
