Name - Hirudo medicinalis
Name Details
Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:11728 [metadata]
Variants and Synonyms
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Species
Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies
Animalia (Kingdom) Arthropoda (Phylum) Insecta (Class) Lepidoptera (Order) Glossata (Suborder) Heteroneura (Infraorder) Noctuoidea (Superfamily) Notodontidae (Family) | Animalia (Kingdom) Annelida (Phylum) Hirudinea (Class) |
References
Recent Publications
- Hirudo verbana as an alternative model to dissect the relationship between innate immunity and regeneration.
- The activity of hydrolytic enzymes in the digestive system of Acanthobdellida, Branchiobdellida and Hirudinida (Annelida, Clitellata) - considerations on similarity and phylogeny.
- A comprehensive review on therapeutic aspects of leech.
- Structural insights into thrombolytic activity of destabilase from medicinal leech.
- The Peculiarities of the Neurosecretory Activity of the Retzius Neuron of the Medicinal Leech.
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External Links
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