Hirudo
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Not to be confused with Hirundo.
Hirudo is a genus of leeches of the family Hirudinidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.[2]
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Hirudo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Subclass: | Hirudinea |
Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
Family: | Hirudinidae |
Genus: | Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Hirudo medicinalis[1] Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The two well-accepted species within the genus are:[3]
- Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758
- Hirudo nipponia Whitman, 1886
Three other species, previously synonymized with H. medicinalis, were described in 2005 and are gaining acceptance:[3][4][5]
- Hirudo verbana
- Hirudo orientalis
- Hirudo sulukii
- Hirudo troctina
- Hirudo tianjinensis