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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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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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Unrecognized diversity of Trocheta species (Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae): resolving a century-old taxonomic problem in Crimean leeches [PDF]

Ecologica Montenegrina, 2020
Erpobdellid leeches of the genus Trocheta are among the biggest and most charismatic members of their class. The studies of the group have a long and complicated history due to the lack of reliable distinguishing features, which impedes the taxonomy of ...
A. Khomenko, S. Utevsky, A. Utevsky, P. Trontelj   +3 more
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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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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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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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Leech Diversity in the Maghreb (North Africa): A Checklist and a Case Report of Parasitism on a Berber Toad (Sclerophys mauritanica) in Algeria [PDF]

Biology
Leeches (Hirudinea) are ecologically important annelids that interact with a wide range of aquatic vertebrates, yet their diversity, distribution, and epidemiological relevance remain poorly documented in North Africa.
Noureddine Rabah-Sidhoum, Mehdi Boucheikhchoukh, Bouthaina Hasnaoui, Mohammed Lamine Bendjeddou, Konstantinos Kostas, Noureddine Mechouk, Michail Kotsyfakis   +6 more
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BIOLOGY OF DINA SKETI GROSSER I PEŠIĆ, 2014 (HIRUDINEA: ERPOBDELLIDAE)

ACTA SCIENTIFICA BALCANICA, 2023
The known range of the species Dina sketi Grosser i Pešić, 2014 (Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae) includes several springs in the Cvrcka and Crna Rijeka basins (Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Dejan Dmitrović, M. Rudić, G. Šukalo
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Dina crnogorensis sp. nov. (Annelida, Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae) – a new leech species from Montenegro

Ecologica Montenegrina, 2022
A yellowish spotted and medium-sized new leech of the family Erpobdellidae with a typical annulation of the genus Dina was found in a spring in the northeastern Montenegro.
C. Grosser, V. Pešić
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RARE ERPOBDELLIDS LEECHES (HIRUDINEA: ERPOBDELLIDAE) OF THE BLACK SEA LOWLAND: IDENTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION

Odesa National University Herald. Biology, 2019
The purpose of the paper was to describe as fully as possible the complex of features by which one can distinguish the above species and to specify the distribution of these leeches in the Black Sea lowland. Results .
А. М. Хоменко, С. Ю. Утєвський, Михайло Олегович Сон, М. Ю. Шрестха, В. Г. Дядичко   +4 more
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