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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, Jabłońska-Barna, Izabela, Bielecki, Aleksander, Terlecki, Janusz   +3 more
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Chromosome-level genome assembly and anticoagulant protein annotation of the buffalo leech Hirudinaria bpling (Hirudinea: Hirudinidae)

BMC Genomics
This study aimed to obtain and analyze the chromosome-level genome assembly of Hirudinaria bpling, a species vital for aquatic ecosystem health and medical research.
Muhammad Salabat Khan, Christian Müller, Baozhen Zhou   +2 more
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Genomic diversity of the hirudin multigene family and its implications for antithrombotic and antitumor biotherapeutic design

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Hirudin and hirudin-like factors constitute a paralogue-rich antithrombotic repertoire in medicinal leeches, yet no prior synthesis integrates their genomic content with clinical, anticancer and engineering outcomes within a single evidence framework ...
Tahir Farooq, Tahir Farooq, Muhammad Dilshad Hussain, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Naeem, Nawaz Haider Bashir, Nawaz Haider Bashir, Zichao Liu, Perumal Vivekanandhan, Patcharin Krutmuang, Yongping Huang, Huanhuan Chen, Huanhuan Chen   +12 more
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High Genetic Diversity of Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820 (Annelida: Hirudinea: Hirudinidae) in Romania Confirms That the Balkans Are Refugia Within Refugium

Diversity
This study presents the first data on the distribution of the Mediterranean medicinal leech Hirudo verbana in Romania, as well as the first molecular characterization of the Romanian populations, using mitochondrial DNA markers.
Oana Paula Popa, Andrei Ștefan, Emanuel Ștefan Baltag, Ana Alexandra Stratan, Luis Ovidiu Popa, Victor Surugiu   +5 more
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HABITAT PREFERENCES AND VENTRAL COLOR VARIABILITY OF HIRUDO MEDICINALIS (CLITELLATA: HIRUDINIDA)

Ecologica Montenegrina, 2015
This study deals with the habitat preferences of medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758 in the Czech Republic, in a highly agriculturally used and fragmented landscape, and provides the detailed information about the ventral coloration of this species. The study was conducted in 2010–2011 at 11 out of total 15 localities of H. medicinalis in
Glombová, Jana, Schenková, Jana
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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. moorei is found associated to a batoid fish in the Brazilian coast, the eyespot skate Atlantoraja cyclophora.
Wunderlich, Alison Carlos, Gadig, Otto Bismarck Fazzano, Vaske Junior, Teodoro, Pinheiro, Marcelo Antonio Amaro   +3 more
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TRANSITIONAL MORPHOLOGY IN HYBRIDS OF HIRUDO VERBANA AND H. ORIENTALIS (CLITELLATA, HIRUDINIDA)

Vestnik Zoologii, 2013
Abstract The aim of this research was to test the ability of hybridizing Hirudo orientalis S. Utevsky et Trontelj, 2005 and Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820. We obtained offspring from both species. The color pattern of all the hybrids was uniform and quite different from both the parents. The venter was similar to H. verbana.
Kovalenko, M.V., Utevsky, S.Yu.
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A new species of Orobdella (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Orobdellidae) from Taipei, Taiwan

ZooKeys, 2012
A new quadrannulate species of Orobdella, Orobdella ketagalansp. n., from Taipei, Taiwan, is described. This is the first record of Orobdella and the family Orobdellidae from Taiwan. This new species possesses small, paired sperm duct bulbs in the male reproductive system.
Nakano, Takafumi, Lai, Yi-Te
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Redescription and molecular characterization of Placobdella cryptobranchii (Johnson & Klemm, 1977) (Glossiphoniidae, Hirudinida)

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. Leeches collected during August 2009 to August 2011 from five localities in Missouri (including the type locality) facilitated a ...
Moser,Bill, T. Briggler,Jeffrey, J. Richardson,Dennis, D. Schuette,Chawna, I. Hammond,Charlotte, A. Hopkins,William, A. Lazo-Wasem,Eric   +6 more
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Leeches from Chiapas, Mexico, with a New Species ofErpobdella(Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae)

American Museum Novitates, 2018
ABSTRACT Freshwater leeches were collected from Chiapas, Mexico. Among these collections and prior records, a total of nine species were found, comprising six genera and four families. One species, Diestecostoma octannulata, represents a new record for Mexico and two species, Helobdella elongata and H.
Michael Tessler, Mark E. Siddall, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa   +2 more
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