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 ...
Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai +4 more
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Therapeutic and prophylactic uses of invertebrates in contemporary Spanish ethnoveterinary medicine [PDF]
Zootherapeutic practices in ethnoveterinary medicine are important in many socio-cultural environments around the world, particularly in developing countries, and they have recently started to be inventoried and studied in Europe.
Francisco Amich +3 more
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Comparability of macroinvertebrate biomonitoring indices of river health derived from semi-quantitative and quantitative methodologies [PDF]
Aquatic macroinvertebrates have been the basis for one of the primary indicators and a cornerstone of lotic biomonitoring for over 40 years. Despite the widespread use of lotic invertebrates in statutory biomonitoring networks, scientific research and ...
Everall, Nicholas C. +5 more
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IDENTIFICATION OF MACROZOOBENTOS IN THE UPSTREAM OF THE BRANTAS RIVER, BLITAR [PDF]
Macrozoobenthos are animals that settle at the bottom of the waters with limited movement and are sensitive to changes in water quality so that they can be used as bioindicators of water quality.
Adella, Catlya Tasya
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Feeding strategies and competition between terrestrial Haemadipsa leeches (Euhirudinea : Arhynchobdellida) in Danum Valley rainforest (Borneo, Sabah) [PDF]
Haemadipsid leeches are among the most successful terrestrial invertebrates in Bornean rainforests. They are very common ectoparasites of vertebrates, and their abundance has facilitated the conduction of numerous projects in the fields of ecology ...
Gąsiorek, Piotr, Różycka, Hanna
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A new species of Tritetrabdella (Hirudinida: Hirudiniformes: Haemadipsidae) from northern Indochina [PDF]
A new species of the terrestrial haemadipsid genus Tritetrabdella, Tritetrabdella longiducta, from northern Indochina is described. The new species is distinguished from all congeners by the combination of triannulate somite VII, uniannulate somite XXV ...
Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai +3 more
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Biotic Integrity of macroinvertebrate communities along the I-294 corridor [PDF]
Sampled macroinvertebrates following ILEPA protocol at 7 sites in August–September 2015 in the I-294 corridor and calculated biotic integrity metrics • Assessed sites based on the Qualitative Stream Habitat Assessment Procedure (SHAP) • Measured ...
Bilger, Erika E. +2 more
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Spermatogenesis and spermatozoon ultrastructure in the jawed bloodfeeding land leechHaemadipsa japonica (Hirudinida: Hirudiniformes) from Japan [PDF]
Ben Ahmed R., Nakano T., Piątek J., Krzyzczyk R., Świątek P. 2023. Spermatogenesis and spermato- zoon ultrastructure in the jawed bloodfeeding land leech Haemadipsa japonica (Hirudinida: Hirudiniformes) from Japan Folia Biologica (Kraków) 71 : 207-220 ...
Ahmed, Raja Ben +4 more
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Behavioral variation according to feeding organ diversification in glossiphoniid leeches (Phylum: Annelida) [PDF]
Adaptive radiation is a phenomenon in which various organs are diversified morphologically or functionally as animals adapt to environmental inputs. Leeches exhibit a variety of ingestion behaviors and morphologically diverse ingestion organs.
Cho, Sung Jin +9 more
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Catálogo de Hirudíneos de la Colección de Invertebrados de la Fundación Miguel Lillo (Tucumán, Argentina) [PDF]
The Hirudineans or "true leeches" belong to the phylum Annelida and include about 916 described species worldwide. Currently 137 species of leeches are known for South America in Argentina we find 53 species distributed in 8 families and 14 genera.
Romero, Fátima
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