Hirudinidae
Hirudinidae[1] is a family of leeches belonging to the order Arhynchobdellida.[2]
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Annelida | 
| Class: | Clitellata | 
| Subclass: | Hirudinea | 
| Order: | Arhynchobdellida | 
| Suborder: | Hirudiniformes | 
| Family: | Hirudinidae Whitman, 1886  | 
Genera
    
The Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera[3] lists:
- Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758
 - Limnatis Moquin-Tandon, 1827
 - Limnobdella Blanchard, 1893
 - Ornithobdella Benham, 1909
 - Pintobdella Caballero, 1937
 - Poecilobdella Blanchard, 1893
 
- Genera of uncertain placement
 
- Asiaticobdella Richardson, 1969
 - Aulastoma Moquin-Tandon, 1827
 - Dinobdella Moore, 1927
 - Diplobdella Moore, 1902
 - Hexabdella Verrill, 1872
 - Myxobdella Oka, 1917
 - Oxyptychus Grube, 1850
 - Potamobdella Caballero
 
References
    
- Whitman CO (1886). The Leeches of Japan. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. (series 2) 26(103): 317-416.
 - "Hirudinidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
 - IRMNG: taxon details: Hirudinidae (retrieved 28 August 2021)
 
External links
    
- Bisby F.A.; Roskov Y.R.; Orrell T.M.; Nicolson D.; Paglinawan L.E.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.M.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
 
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