Erpobdelliformes
Erpobdelliformes | |
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Kinabalu giant red leech (Mimobdella buettikoferi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Class: | Clitellata |
Subclass: | Hirudinea |
Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
Suborder: | Erpobdelliformes Sawyer, 1986 |
Families | |
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The Erpobdelliformes are one of the currently-accepted suborders of the proboscisless leeches (Arhynchobdellida). It includes four families:[1][2]
- Erpobdellidae Blanchard, 1894
- Gastrostomobdellidae Richardson,1971
- Orobdellidae Nakano, Ramlah & Hikida, 2012
- Salifidae Johansson, 1910
References
- ↑ Takafumi Nakano (2011). "Holotype redescription of Mimobdella japonica (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdelliformes) and taxonomic status of the genus Mimobdella" (PDF). ZooKeys. 119: 1&ndash, 10. doi:10.3897/zookeys.119.1501. PMC 3192424. PMID 21998513.
- ↑ Takafumi Nakano; Zainudin Ramlah; Tsutomu Hikida (2012). "Phylogenetic position of gastrostomobdellid leeches (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdelliformes) and a new family for the genus Orobdella". Zoologica Scripta. 41 (2): 177&ndash, 185. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00506.x.
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