Biology:Macrobdella

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Short description: Genus of leeches

Macrobdella
North American Medicinal Leech imported from iNaturalist photo 56392667 on 4 December 2022.jpg
Macrobdella decora, the North American Medicinal Leech, in Buckingham, QC.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Suborder: Hirudiniformes
Family: Macrobdellidae
Genus: Macrobdella
Verrill, 1872 [1]

Macrobdella is a genus of leeches native to freshwater ecosystems of North America, especially Canada , Mexico, and the United States .[2] The genus is commonly referred to as North American medicinal leeches.

Species

  • Macrobdella decora (Say, 1824)[3]
  • Macrobdella diplotertia Meyer, 1975[4]
  • Macrobdella ditetra Moore, 1953[5]
  • Macrobdella mimicus Phillips, Salas-Montiel, Kvist, Oceguera-Figueroa, 2019[6]
  • Macrobdella sestertia Whitman, 1886[7]

References

  1. "Macrobdella Verrill, 1872". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=69418#null. Retrieved 17 August 2019. 
  2. Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; Salas-Montiel, Ricardo; Phillips, Anna J. (July 2016). "Distribution of the New England Medicinal Leech, Macrobdella sestertia Whitman, 1886 and redeterminations of specimens of Macrobdella (Annelida: Clitellata: Macrobdellidae) at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 129 (1): 103–113. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q2.103. ISSN 0006-324X. 
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Macrobdella decora (Say, 1824)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160023. 
  4. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Macrobdella diplotertia". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=69420#null. 
  5. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Macrobdella ditetra". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=69421#null. 
  6. Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; Kvist, Sebastian; Salas-Montiel, Ricardo; Phillips, Anna J. (15 August 2019). "Phylogenetic Position and Description of a New Species of Medicinal Leech from the Eastern United States". Journal of Parasitology 105 (4): 587–597. doi:10.1645/18-119. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 31414949. 
  7. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Macrobdella sestertia". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=69422#null. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5169437 entry