Biology:Haemopidae

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Short description: Family of leeches

Haemopidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Suborder: Hirudiniformes
Family: Haemopidae

Haemopidae is a family of leeches belonging to the order Arhynchobdellida.[1]

Genera

The following may be included:[2][1]

  1. Haemopis Savigny, 1820
  2. Whitmania Blanchard, 1887

Of other genera previously assigned to this family, Philobdella and Semiscolex have since been assigned elsewhere, while Bdellarogatis, Mollibdella and Percymoorensis, created by Richardson (1969) for north American species formerly in Haemopis, are not generally accepted by current workers.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Haemopidae" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/3559. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 IRMNG taxon details: Haemopidae

Wikidata ☰ Q9284945 entry