Hirudinea

Hirudinea

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Annelida
Classis: Clitellata
Subclassis: Hirudinea
Infraclasses: Acanthobdellidea – Euhirudinea

Name

Hirudinea Lamarck, 1818

References

Primary references

• Lamarck, J.P.B.A. de M. de 1818. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres ... précédée d'une introduction offrant la détermination des caractères essentiels de l'animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturels, enfin, l'exposition des principes fondamentaux de la zoologie. Verdière, Paris. Tome 5, 612 p. [in French] BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Baturina, M.A., Kaygorodova, I.A. & Loskutova, O.A. 2020. New data on species diversity of Annelida (Oligochaeta, Hirudinea) in the Kharbey lakes system, Bolshezemelskaya tundra (Russia). ZooKeys, 910: 43–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.910.48486 Reference page. 
• Darabi-Darestani, K., Sari, A. & Sarafrazi, A. 2016. Five new records and an annotated checklist of the leeches (Annelida: Hirudinida) of Iran. Zootaxa 4170(1): 41–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.2. Reference page. 
• Fedorova, L.I. & Kaygorodova, I.A. 2016. The present state of the leech fauna (Annelida, Hirudinea) in the Upper Irtysh cascade of water reservoirs. ZooKeys 596: 1–12. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.596.7886. Reference page. 
• Glasby, C.J., Read, G.B., Lee, K.E., Blakemore, R.J., Fraser, P.M., Pinder, A.M., Erséus, C., Moser, W.E., Burreson, E.M., Govedich, F.R., Davies, R.W. & Dawson, E.W. 2009. 17. Phylum Annelida: bristleworms, earthworms, leeches. Pp. 312–358. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.). 2009. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press: Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725772-8. Reference page.  Reference page. 
• Graf, A. 1899. Hirudineenstudien. Nova acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum. 72: 215–404; pls I–XV. BHL. Reference page. 
• Kaygorodova, I.A. 2015. Annotated checklist of the leech species diversity in the Maloe More Strait of Lake Baikal, Russia. ZooKeys 545: 37–52. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.545.6053 Full article Reference page. 
• Kaygorodova, I.A. & Fedorova, L.I. 2016. The first data on species diversity of leeches (Hirudinea) in the Irtysh River Basin, East Kazakhstan. Zootaxa 4144(2): 287–290. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.2.10. Reference page. 
• Klass, A.L., Sokolova, S.E., Kondakov, A.V., Bespalaya, Yu.V., Gofarov, M.Y., Tomilova, A.A., Vikhrev, I.V. & Bolotov, I.N. 2018. An example of a possible leech-bryozoan association in freshwater. ZooKeys 794: 23–30. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.794.28088 Reference page. 
• Richardson, L.R. 1949: A review of the New Zealand leeches. Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 77: 201–202.
• Schenková, J.; Sychra, J.; Košel, V.; Kubová, N.; Horecký, J. 2009: Freshwater leeches (Annelida: Clitellata: Hirudinida) of the Czech Republic (Central Europe): check-list, new records, and remarks on species distributions. Zootaxa, 2227: 32–52. Abstract & excerpt
• Tessler, M; de Carle, D.; Voiklis, M.L.; Gresham, O.A.; Neumann, J.; Cios, S.; Siddall, M.E. 2018: Worms that suck: phylogenetic analysis of Hirudinea solidifies tthe position of Acanthobdellida and necessitates the dissolution of Rhynchobdellida. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 127: 129-134.

Vernacular names

беларуская: П’яўкі
Ελληνικά: Βδέλλες
English: Leeches
suomi: Juotikkaat
français: Sangsues
hts: Meta-ko
lietuvių: Dėlės
македонски: Пијавици
polski: Pijawki
português: Sanguessugas
română: Lipitori
русский: Пиявки
Türkçe: Sülükler
українська: П'явки

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