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Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
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

Name

Synonyms
Hyrudo Battarra, 1774
Sanguisuga Savigny, 1822
Homonyms
Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758
Hirudo

Bibliographic References

  1. CoL 2006
  2. Gibson, R. (1995). Nemertean genera and species of the world: an annotated checklist of original names and description citations, synonyms, current taxonomic status, habitats and recorded zoogeographic distribution. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 29(2): 271–561.
  3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 75 Twenty-seven generic names of Protozoa, Vermes, Pisces, Reptilia and Mammalia included in the Official List of Zoological Names.Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(1), 35-37 (1922)
  4. 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.
  5. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp.
  6. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  8. Nesemann, H. & Neubert, E. (1999)
  9. Phillips, A. J.; Siddall, M. E. (2009). Poly-paraphyly of Hirudinidae: many lineages of medicinal leeches. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology.</em> 9(1): 246.
  10. SN2000/Apakupakul et al., 1999
  11. SN2000/Apakupakul et al., 1999
  12. Sawyer, R. T. (1986). Leech Biology and Behaviour: Feeding Biology, Ecology, and Systematics. Clarendon Press, 1,065 pp.
  13. Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.
  14. Sawyer, Roy T., 1986: null. Leech Biology and Behaviour, vol. 2. 419-793.
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  16. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  17. van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).
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