The good, the bad and the ugly: Emys trinacris, Placobdella costata and Haemogregarina stepanowi in Sicily (Testudines, Annelida and Apicomplexa) [PDF]
, 2016 Endemic Sicilian pond turtles Emys trinacris Fritz, Fattizzo, Guicking, Tripepi, Pennisi, Lenk, Joger et Wink were examined for the presence of haemogregarine parasites. The presence of haemogregarines, occurring mainly in the microgametocyte stage (13.2
ARCULEO, Marco +6 more
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Species DiversityLeeches of the predatory genus Whitmania Blanchard, 1888 were collected from Yonaguni Island in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, and are identified as W. laevis (Baird, 1869). This represents the first record of this species from the Ryukyu Islands.
Takafumi Nakano +3 more
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Рідкісні види п'явок, молюсків і ракоподібних прісних водойм Харківської області [PDF]
, 2015 Збірка описів рідкісних видів безхребетних, які живуть у прісних водоймах Харківщини, присвячена кільчастим червам (п'явкам), молюскам і ракоподібним, що потребують охорони.
Коваленко, М. В. +3 more
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Species DiversityTroglodontobdella nom. nov. is herein proposed as a replacement name for the salifid leech genus Troglobdella Liu and Nakano in Liu, Li, Wu, Lin, Li, Nakano, and Liu, 2025, because the latter genus-group name is preoccupied by the acariform genus ...
Zichao Liu, Takafumi Nakano
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Mosquito inspired medical needles [PDF]
, 2017 The stinging proboscis in mosquitos have diameters of only 40-100 μm which is much less than the thinnest medical needles and the mechanics of these natural stinging mechanisms have therefore attracted attention amongst developers of injection devises ...
Drakidis, Alexandros Dimitrios +4 more
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Evaluating the anti-leech effects of tobacco methanolic extract compared with succinyle choline and some other anti-parasite drugs [PDF]
, 2010 زمینه و هدف: زالوها جزء راسته آنالیدا هستند که50 نوع از آن از خون پستانداران تغذیه می کنند. آلودگی به زالو باعث عوارضی شامل: کم خونی شدید، خونریزی، افزایش حساسیت و واکنش آنافیلاکتیک می شود. این مطالعه با هدف بررسی اثر تعدادی از داروهای شیمیایی و گیاهی بر
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An Investigation into the Diversity of Leeches (Hirudinida) in the Baltic States
DiversityThe Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—are situated on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea between Russia and the Scandinavian countries. This region is characterized by diverse landscapes and numerous bodies of water, including lakes, peat ...
Jurgita Rutkauskaite-Suciliene +2 more
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Effect of consuming blood-substitute feed on the transcriptome of the medicinal leech, Hirudo orientalis Utevsky and Trontelj, 2005 (Clitellata: Hirudinida) [PDF]
Caspian Journal of Environmental SciencesWhile leeches in the genus Hirudo have long been models for neurobiology, the molecular underpinnings of nervous system structure and function in this group remain largely unknown.
Abbas Torabian +2 more
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Использование пропионо-гематоксилина в изучении зародышевой линии медицинской пиявки Hirudo medicinalis (Clitellata, Hirudinea) [PDF]
, 2007 Приведено подробное описание методов и результатов изучения мейотических делений в сперматогенезе медицинской пиявки Hirudo medicinalis. По данным, полученным для метафазы I (поздняя диплотена), можно утверждать, что гаплоидный набор хромосом этого вида ...
Дорошенко, К.А. +4 more
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Species Diversity, 2016 The terrestrial hirudinid leech Poecilobdella nanjingensis Yang, 1996 is reported for the first time from Taiwan, having previously been found only in continental China. A morphological description of the new material from Taiwan is provided here, confirming that, contrary to the diagnosis of Poecilobdella Blanchard, 1893, P.
Takafumi Nakano, Yi-Te Lai
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