Hirudo medicinalis
European medicinal leech(+4)·Linnaeus, 1758
GBIF:154949626
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PROFILE
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GEOGRAPHY
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DATA
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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 2 languages. 1 preferred.
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IDENTIFIERS
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NCBI:txid6421
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CITATIONS
References(4)
Harding, W. A. (1910). A Revision of the British Leeches. <em>Parasitology.</em> 3(2): 130-201.
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.
Ébrard, Elie. (1853). Nouvelle monographie des sangsues médicinales: Description, classification, nutrition, reproduction, croissance, qualités des diverses races, multiplication dans les bassins, les barrails, les marais et les étangs; du commerce des sangsues et de ses fraudes, législation; du dégorgement, des maladies et de la conservation, etc . <em>[book].</em> 1-494, 12 plates, 76 colour figures of 104, J. B. Bailliére et fils, London.