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Genus of leeches

Macrobdella
Macrobdella decora, the North American Medicinal Leech, in Buckingham, QC.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Suborder: Hirudiniformes
Family: Macrobdellidae
Genus: Macrobdella
Verrill, 1872

Macrobdella is a genus of leeches native to freshwater ecosystems of North America, especially Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The genus is commonly referred to as North American medicinal leeches.

Species

References

  1. "Macrobdella Verrill, 1872". ITIS. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  2. Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; Salas-Montiel, Ricardo; Phillips, Anna J. (July 2016). "Distribution of the New England Medicinal Leech, Macrobdella sestertia Whitman, 1886 and redeterminations of specimens of Macrobdella (Annelida: Clitellata: Macrobdellidae) at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 129 (1): 103–113. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q2.103. ISSN 0006-324X.
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Macrobdella decora (Say, 1824)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  4. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Macrobdella diplotertia". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  5. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Macrobdella ditetra". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  6. Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; Kvist, Sebastian; Salas-Montiel, Ricardo; Phillips, Anna J. (15 August 2019). "Phylogenetic Position and Description of a New Species of Medicinal Leech from the Eastern United States". Journal of Parasitology. 105 (4): 587–597. doi:10.1645/18-119. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 31414949.
  7. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Macrobdella sestertia". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
Taxon identifiers
Macrobdella
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