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Quo Vadis Venomics? A Roadmap to Neglected Venomous Invertebrates [PDF]

, 2014
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Campbell, L, Jenner, R, von Reumont, B
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A new sexannulate species of Orobdella (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Orobdellidae) from Yakushima Island, Japan

ZooKeys, 2012
A new sexannulate species of the genus Orobdella Oka, 1895, Orobdella mononoke sp. n., is described on the basis of five specimens collected from Yakushima Island, Japan. Orobdella mononoke sp. n.
Takafumi Nakano
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iDNA from terrestrial haematophagous leeches as a wildlife surveying and monitoring tool - prospects, pitfalls and avenues to be developed [PDF]

, 2015
Invertebrate-derived DNA (iDNA) from terrestrial haematophagous leeches has recently been proposed as a powerful non-invasive tool with which to detect vertebrate species and thus to survey their populations.
Calvignac-Spencer, Sebastien, Gilbert, M. Thomas. P., Schnell, Ida Baerholm, Siddall, Mark E., Sollmann, Rahel, Wilting, Andreas, Yu, Douglas W.   +6 more
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Size–Abundance Relationships of Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Two Contrasting Floodplain Channels of Rhone River [PDF]

, 2022
Body size is perhaps the most fundamental property of an organism and its relationship with abundance is one of the most studied relationships in ecology.
Castella E., Gjoni V., Ibelings B. W., Marle P.   +3 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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Leeches as the intermediate host for strigeid trematodes: genetic diversity and taxonomy of the genera Australapatemon Sudarikov, 1959 and Cotylurus Szidat, 1928

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, Gerard Kanarek, Grzegorz Zaleśny, Joanna Hildebrand   +3 more
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Aquatic biodiversity and quality of streams in certified eucalypt plantations in central Portugal [PDF]

, 2019
Em Portugal, mais de 150.000 ha de plantações de eucalipto (Eucalyptus globulus) são já geridas em conformidade com os sistemas internacionais de certificação.
Fernandes, Fátima, Ferreira, Teresa, Oliveira, João Manuel, Paulino, João Carlos, Rivaes, Rui Pedro, Rosado, Joana, Segurado, Pedro, Serafim, Pedro   +7 more
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Helobdella blinni sp. n. (Hirudinida, Glossiphoniidae) a new species inhabiting Montezuma Well, Arizona, USA

ZooKeys, 2017
A new leech species Helobdella blinni sp. n., is described from Montezuma Well, an isolated travertine spring mound located in central Arizona, USA. In its native habitat, H. blinni had been previously identified as Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758),
Rebecca K. Beresic-Perrins, Fredric R. Govedich, Kelsey Banister, Bonnie A. Bain, Devin Rose, Stephen M. Shuster   +5 more
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Body Size and Ectoparasitic Infestations in the Mediterranean Pond Turtle Mauremys leprosa (Testudines, Geoemydidae) in Majen Belahriti Pond (North-Eastern Algeria)

Zoodiversity
Morphological parameters were measured on a population of the Mediterranean pond turtle Mauremys leprosa (Schweigger, 1812) in Majen Belahriti pond in the region of Guelma (North-east of Algeria).
K. Ramdani, N. Ziane, M. Younsi, C. Ben Krinah, I. Bouchahdane, R. Rouag   +5 more
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Lost and found – Fritz Müller´s type material of Glossiphonia verrucata (Fr. Müller, 1844) (Hirudinida, Glossiphoniidae) with notes on the leech fauna of lake Tegel in Berlin (Germany) [PDF]

Evolutionary Systematics, 2018
In 1844, the famous German biologist Fritz Müller published his dissertation about the leech fauna of lakes in Berlin. This study not only addressed the occurrence of leeches in the different lakes, but also contains the description of a new species ...
Uwe Jueg, Peter Michalik
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