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Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Annelida
class
Clitellata
order
Arhynchobdellida
family
Hirudinidae
genus
Hirudo
species
Hirudo medicinalis

Name

Synonyms
Sanguisuga medicinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Homonyms
Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Blodigle in Norwegian
Leech in English
Lægeigle in Danish
Medizinischer Blutegel in German
Medizinischer Blutegel in German
medicinal leech in language.
medicinal leech in English
medicinale bloedzuiger in Dutch
mediciniska dele in Latvian
sangsue médicinale in French
П’явка медична in Ukrainian
European Medicinal Leech in English
European medicinal leech in English
Medicinal Leech in English
Medicinale bloedzuiger in Dutch
blodigel in Swedish
Blutegel in German
European blood-sucking leech in English
Medizinischer Blutegel in German
Sangsue Médicinale in French
Sangsue Officinale in French
medicinal leech in English
medicinal leech in English

Bibliographic References

  1. (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2000
  2. (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
  3. Harding, W. A. (1910). A Revision of the British Leeches. <em>Parasitology.</em> 3(2): 130-201. 10.1017/s0031182000001992
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 77 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (a) of the specific names of thirty-four species belonging to the Phyla Protozoa, Coelenterata, Platyhelminthes, Nemathelminthes, and Annelida, each of which is the type species of a genus, the name of which was placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936 and (B) of five specific names which are currently treated as senior Subjective synonyms of the names of such species.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1E, 265-292 (1957)
  5. Klemm, Donald J., 1972: Freshwater Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) of North America. Water Pollution Control Research Series, Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems, Identification Manual, 8. 1-53.
  6. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
  7. Nesemann, H. & Neubert, E. (1999)
  8. Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.
  9. Sawyer, Roy T., 1986: null. Leech Biology and Behaviour, vol. 2. 419-793.
  10. Stefan Lundberg (Iglar) (2004-09-14 22:00:00) Stefan Lundberg, limnolog, sektionen för evertebratzoologi, Naturhistoriska riksmuseet.
  11. 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.
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