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Hirudinidae

Hirudinidae

käkiglar·Whitman, 1886

GBIF:154949617

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Freshwater Terrestrial

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

swekäkiglarswe

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

swekäkiglar
swe
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

CLASSIFICATION

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IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

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NCBI:txid6417

UNKNOWN

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References(3)

  • 1

    Phillips, A. J.; Siddall, M. E. (2009). Poly-paraphyly of Hirudinidae: many lineages of medicinal leeches. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology.</em> 9(1): 246.

    status source
  • 2

    Richardson, L. R. (1969). A contribution to the systematics of the hirudinid leeches, with description of new families, genera and species. <em>Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae.</em> 15(1/2): 97-149.

    taxonomy source
  • 3

    Whitman, C. O. (1886). The Leeches of Japan. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> (series 2) 26(103): 317-416.

    original description
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

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    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    154949617
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    3560
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160020
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026