A new species of buffalo leech in the genus Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 (Arhynchobdellida, Hirudinidae) from Thailand [PDF]
Hirudinaria manillensis (Lesson, 1842), commonly known as the buffalo leech, shows a polymorphism of two ventral colorations. The green color morph has a plain green ventral surface and the red color morph has a brick-red ventral surface with two black ...
Ekgachai Jeratthitikul +4 more
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Characterization of the complete mitogenome of a land leech, Haemadipsa crenata Ngamprasertwong (Arhynchobdellida: Haemadipsidae) [PDF]
Land leeches of genus Haemadipsa (Family Haemadipsidae) are widely distributed in South East Asia. Haemadipsa crenata Ngamprasertwong is a blood-feeding species firstly reported from Thailand. A complete mitochondrial genome of H.
Mo Wang +4 more
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A new species of Orobdella (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Orobdellidae) from the Tsukuba Mountains in Japan [PDF]
A small-type quadrannulate leech species, Orobdella montipumila sp. nov., from the Tsukuba Mountains in central Honshu island, Japan, is described. Phylogenetic analyses using nuclear 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, histone H3, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase ...
Takafumi Nakano
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A new quadrannulate species of Orobdella (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Orobdellidae) from central Honshu, Japan [PDF]
A new quadrannulate species of Orobdella, Orobdella masaakikuroiwai sp. n., from the mountainous region of central Honshu, Japan is described. This is only the second small species known within this genus, with a body length of less than 4 cm for mature ...
Takafumi Nakano
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Genetic Diversity of Freshwater Leeches in Lake Gusinoe (Eastern Siberia, Russia) [PDF]
The study of leeches from Lake Gusinoe and its adjacent area offered us the possibility to determine species diversity. As a result, an updated species list of the Gusinoe Hirudinea fauna (Annelida, Clitellata) has been compiled. There are two orders and
Irina A. Kaygorodova +3 more
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Systematics of the freshwater leech genus Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 (Arhynchobdellida, Hirudinidae) from northeastern Thailand [PDF]
In total, 435 specimens of the Southeast Asian freshwater leech species within the Hirudinidae family were collected from 17 locations of various types of aquatic habitats in northeastern Thailand.
Jaruwan Tubtimon +4 more
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A New Species of Sinospelaeobdella from China: Sinospelaeobdella jiangxiensis sp. n. (Hirudinda, Arhynchobdellida, Haemadipsidae) [PDF]
We describe a new species (Sinospelaeobdella jiangxiensissp. n.) from a natural cave in southwestern Jiangxi Province, China, according to external and internal morphology and COI gene sequences. S. jiangxiensissp. n.
Tianyi Li +7 more
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First data on the Hirudinea fauna of lotic ecosystems of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (Russia) [PDF]
Hirudinea, a small and ecologically important group of aquatic organisms, is poorly studied in northern Eurasia. In this study, we demyth the idea of the faunistic poverty of this region and present the first findings of rheophilic leeches from the ...
Lyudmila I. Fedorova +1 more
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Registros de sanguijuelas de Costa Rica y clave para la identificación de las especies con redescripción de Cylicobdella costaricae [PDF]
En contraste con los enormes esfuerzos realizados por caracterizar la fauna y flora de Costa Rica, con excepción de algunos registros aislados, muy poco se sabe sobre las sanguijuelas (Annelida: Clitellata) en este país.
Alejandro Francisco Oceguera-Figueroa
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Mitochondrial genome evaluation and implications for phylogenetic relationships of Haemadipsa hainana song, Zhang and Tan 1977 (Arhynchobdellida: Haemadipsidae) [PDF]
Haemadipsa hainana Song, Zhang and Tan 1977, a blood-feeding terrestrial leech, serves as an ecological indicator of habitat quality and potential mammal abundance. Currently, the molecular phylogenetic status of this species remains unclear.
Xinyi Chang +7 more
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