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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

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
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
europepmc   +2 more sources

Molecular Insights Into the Sensory Adaption of the Cave-Dwelling Leech Sinospelaeobdella wulingensis to the Karst Cave Environment. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We conducted a transcriptome analysis on the cave‐dwelling land leech Sinospelaeobdella wulingensis. Piezos, TRPs, and iGluRs may have roles in mechanosensory and chemosensory systems of this leech. Similar gene expression profiles in winter and summer samples imply a stable physiological status of S.
Wen X, Xiang H, Zhang M, Yan A, Xiang D, Zou J, Zhang Y, Huang X, Liu Z.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Neglected symbionts and other metazoan invertebrates associated with molluscs from Africa's largest lake: Diversity, biotic interactions and bioindication

Freshwater Biology, Volume 67, Issue 12, Page 2089-2099, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Freshwater molluscs are hosts for diverse metazoan symbionts. However, apart from the digenean helminths, symbionts of molluscs are underreported worldwide. Therefore, this study focused on the diversity of oligochaetes, leeches, mites, insect larvae and nematodes associated with gastropods and bivalves from Lake Victoria, East Africa. Overall,
James Omondi Outa, Christoph Hörweg, Annemariè Avenant‐Oldewage, Franz Jirsa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Abundance and composition of invertebrate-feeding leeches in relation to fish status in ponds

The European Zoological Journal, 2023
Leeches feeding on invertebrates are an important component of freshwater communities, including those dominated by fish, but the effects of fish on their abundance and distribution are not well explored.
M. Nieoczym, R. Mencfel, A. Bielecki, J. M. Cichocka, J. Kloskowski   +4 more
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Habitat availability determines food chain length and interaction strength in food webs of a large lowland river

River Research and Applications, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 323-333, February 2022., 2022
Abstract Many large rivers used for navigation have lost their hydromorphological heterogeneity, which has led to the widespread loss of native biodiversity and the concurrent establishment of non‐native communities. While the effects on biodiversity are well‐described, we know little about how the loss of natural habitats and the restructuring of ...
Mario Brauns, David Kneis, Marian Brabender, Markus Weitere   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Hirudinea (Annelida) Fauna of Some Wetlands in Bingöl Province

Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2022
Objective:Leeches are important and reliable indicators of water quality and biodiversity in the ecosystem, so the presence of specific leech species is often closely related to basic water conditions and the presence of certain animals.
Tuba Elaltunkara, Mustafa Koyun, Nimetullah Korkut, Naim Sağlam   +3 more
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