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Euhirudinea, the true leeches, are an
infraclass of the Hirudinea.
These ****ellate
annelids are of
somewhat unclear relationships;
namely the relationships...
- infraclasses, the
Acanthobdellidea (primitive leeches) and the
Euhirudinea (true leeches). The
Euhirudinea are
divided into the proboscis-bearing Rhynchobdellida...
- Clade:
Sedentaria class: ****ellata Subclass:
Hirudinea Infraclass:
Euhirudinea Order:
Arhynchobdellida Suborder:
Hirudiniformes Family: Haemadipsidae...
- Clade:
Sedentaria class: ****ellata Subclass:
Hirudinea Infraclass:
Euhirudinea Order:
Rhynchobdellida Family:
Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865 Subfamilies...
-
Branchiobdellida Subclass Hirudinea (Leech)
Infraclass Acanthobdellidea Infraclass Euhirudinea Order Arhynchobdellida Suborder Erpobdelliformes Family Erpobdellidae...
- Clade:
Sedentaria class: ****ellata Subclass:
Hirudinea Infraclass:
Euhirudinea Order:
Rhynchobdellida Blanchard, 1893
Families Glossiphoniidae Ozobranchidae...
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Marine Species places them
within the Hirudinea, as a
sister group to
Euhirudinea, the true leeches.
Species in the
group include Acanthobdella peledina...
- Clade:
Sedentaria class: ****ellata Subclass:
Hirudinea Infraclass:
Euhirudinea Order:
Arhynchobdellida Blanchard, 1894
Suborders Erpobdelliformes Hirudiniformes...
- Siddall, Mark E.; Burreson,
Eugene M. (1996). "Leeches (Oligochaeta?:
Euhirudinea),
their phylogeny and the
evolution of life-history strategies". Hydrobiologia...
- R., W.E. Moser, R.W. Davies. 2004. Annelida: ****ellata, Hirudinea,
Euhirudinea. In: Yule, C.M. and H.S. Yong (eds.).
Freshwater Invertebrates of the...
