- are
segmented parasitic or
predatory worms that
comprise the
subclass Hirudinea within the
phylum Annelida. They are
closely related to the oligochaetes...
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Hirudinea. The
oligochaetes contain the
tubificids (Naididae, Lumbricidae, and
Lumbriculidae -
commonly the tube
worms and the earthworms.
Hirudinea contains...
- "Comparative
reproductive morphology of two
species of
Macrobdella (
Hirudinea: Arhynchobdellida: Macrobdellidae)". Zoomorphology. 142 (2): 153–168....
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Activity of the
Ozark Highlands Leech,
Macrobdella diplotertia (Annelida:
Hirudinea) in North-central Arkansas".
Journal of the
Arkansas Academy of Science...
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leech and the physician: biology, etymology, and
medical practice with
Hirudinea medicinalis".
World Journal of Surgery. 24 (7): 878–883. doi:10.1007/s002680010141...
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Turtle leeches are a genus, Ozobranchus, of
leeches (
Hirudinea) that feed
exclusively on the
blood of turtles. Only two species—Ozobranchus
margoi and...
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infraclass of the
Hirudinea.
These ****ellate
annelids are of
somewhat unclear relationships;
namely the
relationships of
Hirudinea with oligochaetes...
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burrowers that feed on
wholly or
partly decomposed organic materials.
Hirudinea,
whose name
means "leech-shaped" and
whose best
known members are leeches...
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handle temperatures as low as 4 to 6 °C (39.2– 42.8 °F). "A cave
leech (
Hirudinea, Erpobdellidae) from
Croatia with
unique morphological features". Croatian...
- Dehdashti,
Behrooz (1987). "Specialized
pelagic feeding by
Erpobdella montezuma (
Hirudinea)".
Holarctic Ecology. 10 (3): 235–240. JSTOR 3682581. v t e...
