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Hirudo medicinalis

Hirudo medicinalis

European medicinal leech(+4)·Linnaeus, 1758

GBIF:154949626

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Freshwater

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(1)

Kenya

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 2 languages. 1 preferred.

engEuropean medicinal leechengdeuBlutegeldeuengEuropean blood-sucking leechengdeuMedizinischer Blutegeldeuengmedicinal leecheng

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. This taxon has names in 2 languages. 1 name preferred.

engEuropean medicinal leech
engpreferred
Source: Phillips, A. J.; Siddall, M. E. (2009). Poly-paraphyly of Hirudinidae: many lineages of medicinal leeches. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology.</em> 9(1): 246.
deuBlutegel
deu
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
engEuropean blood-sucking leech
eng
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
deuMedizinischer Blutegel
deu
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
engmedicinal leech
eng
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

CLASSIFICATION

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IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (148797 nucleotides; 568 proteins)

NCBI:txid6421

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(4)

  • 1

    Harding, W. A. (1910). A Revision of the British Leeches. <em>Parasitology.</em> 3(2): 130-201.

  • 2

    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.

    original description
  • 3

    Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.

    additional source
  • 4

    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.

    additional source
  • 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
    154949626
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    2308887
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724639
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026