Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinida) of Northern Arkansas [PDF]
, 2006 Twenty-one lotic and lentic environments throughout central and northern Arkansas were surveyed for the presence of leeches during June 2004 and April, July - October 2005.
Daniels, Bruce A. +5 more
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Assessing the invasion potential of non-native branchiobdellidans: experimental studies of survival, reproduction and competition [PDF]
, 2017 The impact of invasive species on the recipient ecosystem can be strongly influenced by the presence of associated symbionts. It is therefore important to evaluate the likelihood of co-introduced symbiont establishment, and this requires an understanding
Cable, Joanne +3 more
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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 +4 more
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Topotype-based redescription of the leech Torix tukubana (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniiformes: Glossiphoniidae) [PDF]
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 2020 A poorly-known proboscidate leech species, Torix tukubana (Oka, 1935), in which the mid-body somites are biannulate dorsally and triannulate ventrally, is redescribed based on new specimens collected from its type locality, Mt. Tsukubasan in Honshu, Japan. The redescription provides the internal digestive and genital organs of T. tukubana for the first
Kambayashi, Chiaki +2 more
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Transcriptome dynamics in the asexual cycle of the chordate Botryllus schlosseri [PDF]
, 2016 Background: We performed an analysis of the transcriptome during the blastogenesis of the chordate Botryllus schlosseri, focusing in particular on genes involved in cell death by apoptosis. The tunicate B.
Ballarin, Loriano +7 more
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First record of the terrestrial predatory leech, Orobdella kawakatsuorum Richardson, 1975 (Clitellata, Hirudinea, Erpobdelliformes), from Moneron Island, Sakhalin Oblast, Russia [PDF]
, 2021 The terrestrial predatory leech of the genus Orobdella Oka, 1895 is recorded for the first time from Moneron Island, which is located southwest of Sakhalin, Russia.
Nakano, Takafumi, Prozorova, Larisa A.
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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 +5 more
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Settlement preferences of leeches (Clitellata: Hirudinida) for different artificial substrates [PDF]
Hydrobiologia, 2015 We examined the settlement preferences of leeches by analysing colonization patterns on artificial substrates. The intention was to check whether the type of material, texture and size of artificial substrates would influence the abundance of leeches.
Adamiak-Brud, Żaneta +3 more
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Lumping three nominal species into one: taxonomic revision of amphibian parasitic leeches of Torix in Far East Asia (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) [PDF]
, 2023 Although most members of the freshwater leech family Glossiphoniidae have mid-body somites divided into three annuli, the genus Torix Blanchard, 1893 is distinguished by two-annuli somites.
Kambayashi, Chiaki, Nakano, Takafumi
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Полиморфизм окраски медицинской пиявки Hirudo medicinalis (Clitellata, Hirudinida) [PDF]
, 2010 Individual elements of the coloration pattern of Hirudo medicinalis are described and analyzed. Longitudinal stripes on the dorsum and the distribution of dark pigment on the venter are used as the basis for the investigation.
Boyarshin, K.S. +7 more
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