Name - Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus 1758
Name Details
Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1439332 [metadata]
Variants and Synonyms
Reported Taxonomic Ranks
Species
Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies
Animalia (Kingdom) Annelida (Phylum) Hirudinea (Class) |
References
Recent Publications
- Notes on distinguishing cocoons and the juveniles of Hirudo medicinalis and Haemopis sanguisuga (Hirudinea).
- Toward a taxonomic revision of the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758 (Hirudinea: Hirudinidae): Re-description of Hirudo troctina Johnson, 1816 from North Africa.
- Barcoding, types and the Hirudo files: Using information content to critically evaluate the identity of DNA barcodes.
- The present state of the leech fauna (Annelida: Hirudinea) in Lithuania.
Search name in:
Sherborn Index Animalium
- Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1758 1758: 649. [Index Animalium Entry]
External Links
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