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Hirudinea

Hirudinea

leeches(+8)·Savigny, 1822

GBIF:176441292

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine Freshwater Terrestrial

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 7 languages. 1 preferred.

engleechesengdeuEgeldeudeuHirudineendeunldbloedzuigersnldhirudi-, hirudolat+4 more

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 7 languages. 1 name preferred.

engleeches
engpreferred
Source: Hayward, P. J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. <em>Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6.</em> 352 pp.
deuEgel
deu
Source: Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.
deuHirudineen
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.
nldbloedzuigers
nld
Source: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
hirudi-, hirudo
lat
enghirudineans
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.
sweiglar
swe
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
ukrП'явки
ukr
Source: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
jpnヒル亜綱
jpn
Source: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL).

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (0 nucleotides; 1 proteins)

NCBI:txid55824

UNKNOWN

HIERARCHY

Child Taxa(1)

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CITATIONS

References(9)

  • 1

    Dmitrović, Dejan; Pešić, Vladimir. (2020). An updated checklist of leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) from Bosnia and Herzegovina. <em>Ecologica Montenegrina.</em> 29: 10-19.

  • 2

    Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

    additional source
  • 3

    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.

    additional source
  • 4

    Phillips, Anna J.; Dornburg, A.; Zapfe, K. L.; Anderson, F. E.; James, S. W.; Erséus, C.; Moriarty Lemmon, E.; Lemmon, A. R.; Williams, B. W. (2019). Phylogenomic analysis of a putative missing link sparks reinterpretation of leech evolution. <em>Genome Biology and Evolution.</em> 11(11): 3082–3093.

    additional sourceDOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz120
  • 5

    Savigny, Jules-César. (1822). Système des annélides, principalement de celles des côtes de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, offrant les caractères tant distinctifs que naturels des Ordres, Familles et Genres, avec la Description des Espèces. <em>Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les Ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 1(3):1–128.

    original description
  • Source Information

    WRiMS

    WRiMS

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    The World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS, https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced) records which marine species in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS, https://www.marinespecies.org, https://dx.doi.org/10.14284/347) have been introduced deliberately or accidentally by human activities to geographic areas outside their native range. It excludes species that colonized new locations naturally (so called ‘range extensions’), even if in response to climate change. The dataset is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each taxon: the scientific name, higher classification, stable identifiers linking to taxon and scientific name information, taxonomic status, and nomenclatural status, the vernacular names, the region of introduction and associated country, as well as the year of the first introduction (first collection) and/or last assessment/observation in this region, coarse habitat information, and the pathway(s) of introduction and invasion stage. We have released this dataset under a Creative Commons license (CC-BY). If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don’t hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata.

    Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2026). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced on 2026-06-01. doi:10.14284/347 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    176441292
    Dataset Key
    0a2eaf0c-5504-4f48-a47f-c94229029dc8
    Origin
    source
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:2041
    Last Crawled
    6/10/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/10/2026