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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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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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The activity of hydrolytic enzymes in the digestive system of Acanthobdellida, Branchiobdellida and Hirudinida (Annelida, Clitellata) – considerations on similarity and phylogeny

The European Zoological Journal, 2021
Activities of nineteen hydrolases were measured in the digestive systems of predatory and blood-feeding true leeches (Hirudinida) and their closest relatives, Branchiobdellida and Acanthobdellida.
J. M. Cichocka, A. Bielecki, P. Świątek, I. Jabłońska-Barna, J. Kobak, J. Hildebrand, M. Dmitryjuk, W. Strużyński, M. Rost-Roszkowska   +8 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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Integrative taxonomy reveals a new species of the leech genus Dina R. Blanchard, 1892 (Annelida, Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae) from the ancient Skadar Lake basin in Montenegro

The European Zoological Journal, 2023
Leeches of the genus Dina are one of the most abundant leech species in running waters in Montenegro. This paper described a new yellowish-spotted and medium-sized leech from the Skadar Lake basin in Montenegro.
C. Grosser, T. Rewicz, M. Jovanović, A. Zawal, V. Pešić   +4 more
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On the taxonomic status of Dina ratschaensis Kobakhidze, 1958 with a description of two new species – Dina imeretiensis sp. nov. and D. samegreloensis sp. nov. (Annelida, Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae)

European Journal of Taxonomy, 2023
Two species of leeches were described from Georgia in the past, Dina ratschaensis Kobakhidze, 1958 from the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region and Trocheta ariescornuta Grosser, Barjadze & Maghradze, 2021 from the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region ...
Clemens Grosser, Shalva Barjadze, Eter Maghradze, Lado Shavadze, Vladimir Pešić, Arnaud Faille   +5 more
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Testing the spatial and temporal framework of speciation in an ancient lake species flock: the leech genus Dina (Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae) in Lake Ohrid [PDF]

Biogeosciences, 2010
Ancient Lake Ohrid on the Balkan Peninsula is considered to be the oldest ancient lake in Europe with a suggested Plio-/Pleistocene age. Its exact geological age, however, remains unknown.
T. Wilke, M. Benke, T. Stadler, R. Schultheiß, K. Schreiber, S. Trajanovski, C. Albrecht   +6 more
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Holotype redescription of Mimobdella japonica (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdelliformes) and taxonomic status of the genus Mimobdella

ZooKeys, 2011
Mimobdella japonica Blanchard, 1897, the type species of the genus Mimobdella, is redescribed based on the holotype. This species is characterized by the following characteristics: mid-body somites novem-annulate, two post-anal annuli, male gonopore in ...
Takafumi Nakano
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Filogenia y revisión de los Erpobdelliformes (Annelida, Arhynchobdellida) de México, con base en secuencias de ADN nuclear y mitocondrial

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2005
SE ESTUDIAN LAS RELACIONES FILOGENÉTICAS DEL SUBORDEN ERPOBDELLIFORMES, UN GRUPO DE SANGUIJUELAS NO HEMATÓFAGAS DE VERTEBRADOS, CON BASE EN SECUENCIAS DE LA SUBUNIDAD I DEL CITOCROMO C OXIDASA DEL ADN MITOCONDRIAL, 12S ADNR DEL ADN MITOCONDRIAL Y 18S ...
VIRGINIA LEÓN REGAGNON, ALEJANDRO OCEGUERA FIGUEROA, MARK E. SIDDALL   +2 more
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Çubuk Çayında Ankara Bentik Makro Omurgasızların Yapısı

Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2001
Bu çal ışmada Çubuk Çayı 'ndaki Ankara organik kirlenmeye ba ğ l ı olarak bentik makro omurgas ı zlar ı n organizma çeşitliliği ve bolluk durumu incelenmi ştir. Araşt ı rmada Tubificidae Annelidae , Chironomidae Diptera , Erpobdellidae Hirudinea ,
Hijran Yavuzcan Yıldız
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