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The genome sequence of the freshwater leech, Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae) [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]

Wellcome Open Research
We present a genome assembly from an individual Erpobdella octoculata (leeches; Annelida; Clitellata; Hirudinida; Erpobdellidae). The genome sequence has a total length of 386.12 megabases.
Andrew Morrise, Susan J. Skipp
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Assessing the Effect of Polyethylene Microplastics in the Freshwater Leech Erpobdella johanssoni (Annelida, Hirudinida) Through Integrated Biomarkers and Histopathological Analysis [PDF]

Animals
Microplastics (MPs) are contaminants of emerging concern, and the study of their effects on several species, especially freshwater organisms, has not been exhausted.
Raja Ben Ahmed, Ichrak Khaled, Tahani El Ayari, Issam Saidi, Abdel Halim Harrath   +4 more
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New Records of Lake Baikal Leech Fauna: Species Diversity and Spatial Distribution in Chivyrkuy Gulf [PDF]

The Scientific World Journal, 2013
The study of several Lake Baikal leech collections offered us the possibility to determine species diversity in the Chivyrkuy Gulf, the biggest one in the lake.
Irina A. Kaygorodova, Nikolay M. Pronin
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Genetic Diversity of Freshwater Leeches in Lake Gusinoe (Eastern Siberia, Russia) [PDF]

The Scientific World Journal, 2014
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, Nadezhda Mandzyak, Ekaterina Petryaeva, Nikolay M. Pronin   +3 more
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First record of Erpobdella borisi Cichocka & Bielecki, 2015 (Annelida: Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae) from Hazar-Merd Caves, Sulaimaniyah Province_ Iraq.

Zanco Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2023
The present investigation based on the morphometric and morphologic characterization of five leech specimens were collected from the water spots and springs of Hazar-Merd Caves serious near the Hazar-Merd Village during May-June of 2022.
Shayan J. H.-A. Hallaq
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First appearance of the cave leech Erpobdella mestrovi (Annelida: Erpobdillidae) in Iraq (Morphological and Molecular investigation) from Zalm stream, Sulaimani Province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Zanco Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2020
During survey of different water bodies in Kurdistan Region, Iraq for the presence of leeches, only two distinct specimens with special morphological characters were found in the cave mouth of Ahmadawa Water source in February 2019.
shayan jamal hamad-Ali, Luay A. Ali
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The potential of aquatic bloodfeeding and nonbloodfeeding leeches as a tool for iDNA characterisation. [PDF]

Mol Ecol Resour, 2022
Abstract Leeches play important roles in food webs due to their abundance, diversity and feeding habits. Studies using invertebrate‐derived DNA (iDNA) extracted from leech gut contents to target vertebrate DNA have focused on the Indo‐Pacific region and mainly leveraged the leech family Haemadipsidae, composed of bloodfeeding terrestrial leeches, while
Lynggaard C, Oceguera-Figueroa A, Kvist S, Gilbert MTP, Bohmann K.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

First data on the Hirudinea fauna of lotic ecosystems of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (Russia) [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2022
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, Irina A. Kaygorodova   +1 more
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Sucking of human blood by Placobdella costata (O. F. Müller, 1846) (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae): Case study with notes on body form. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2021
In our paper, four events of blood sucking on human by juvenile and adult specimens of Placobdella costata were described. We presented with a new data of juvenile specimens' body form and considered information about the potential role of mammals as hosts and dispersion vector of this leech.
Cichocka JM, Bielecki A, Jabłońska-Barna I, Krajewski Ł, Topolska K, Hildebrand J, Dmitryjuk M, Biedunkiewicz A, Abramchuk A.   +8 more
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The Role of Artificial Lakes Located in Forests in the Context of Small Retention, Biodiversity and Climatic Changes-Evidence From Southern Poland. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The model of plant associations showed the occurrence of 24 species of plants within nine plant assemblages in the Phragmitetea and Potametea classes of associations. Despite human activities, lake condition, as assessed by the ESMI index or the biocenotic diversity indices, is good.
Starzak R, Cieplok A, Czerniawski R, Spyra A.   +3 more
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