A new species of Orobdella (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Orobdellidae) from Taipei, Taiwan
ZooKeys, 2012 A new quadrannulate species of Orobdella, Orobdella ketagalan sp. n., from Taipei, Taiwan, is described. This is the first record of Orobdella and the family Orobdellidae from Taiwan.
Takafumi Nakano, Yi-Te Lai
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Annelida, Hirudinida, Stibarobdella moorei (Oka, 1910): new distribution and host records [PDF]
Check List, 2011 The present report is the northernmost capture of the piscicolid leech Stibarobdella moorei in the western South Atlantic Ocean. This is also the first time S.
Alison Wunderlich +3 more
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ZooKeys, 2013 Placobdella cryptobranchii (Johnson & Klemm, 1977) was originally described from specimens collected from Ozark Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi) from the North Fork of the White River in Missouri, U.S.A.
Bill Moser +6 more
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Leeches as the intermediate host for strigeid trematodes: genetic diversity and taxonomy of the genera Australapatemon Sudarikov, 1959 and Cotylurus Szidat, 1928 [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background Leeches (Hirudinida) play a significant role as intermediate hosts in the circulation of trematodes in the aquatic environment. However, species richness and the molecular diversity and phylogeny of larval stages of strigeid trematodes ...
Ewa Pyrka +3 more
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A new species of leech of the genus Placobdella (Hirudinida, Glossiphoniidae) from the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in Mississippi, USA [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2017 To date, the only species of leech reported from the American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis is Placobdella multilineata. Seven specimens of a previously undescribed species of Placobdella were collected from the feet and lower jaw of a single ...
Dennis J. Richardson +5 more
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Zootaxa, 2016 FIGURE 10. Erpobdella vilnensis Dorsal view of anterior and posterior parts of the body including cephalic sucker (a), caudal sucker (b) respectively and ventral view of clitellar region (c).
ALIMORAD SARAFRAZI +5 more
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A new quadrannulate species of Orobdella (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Orobdellidae) from central Honshu, Japan [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2014 A new quadrannulate species of Orobdella, Orobdella masaakikuroiwai sp. n., from the mountainous region of central Honshu, Japan is described. This is only the second small species known within this genus, with a body length of less than 4 cm for mature ...
Takafumi Nakano
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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
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The Origin and Evolution of Antistasin-like Proteins in Leeches (Hirudinida, Clitellata). [PDF]
Genome Biol Evol, 2021 AbstractBloodfeeding is employed by many parasitic animals and requires specific innovations for efficient feeding. Some of these innovations are molecular features that are related to the inhibition of hemostasis. For example, bloodfeeding insects, bats, and leeches release proteins with anticoagulatory activity through their salivary secretions.
Iwama RE +3 more
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Molecular Insights Into the Sensory Adaption of the Cave-Dwelling Leech Sinospelaeobdella wulingensis to the Karst Cave Environment. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe 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 +8 more
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