Haemopidae is a family of
leeches
Leeches are segmented parasitism, parasitic or Predation, predatory worms that comprise the Class (biology), subclass Hirudinea within the phylum Annelida. They are closely related to the Oligochaeta, oligochaetes, which include the earthwor ...
belonging to the order
Arhynchobdellida
Arhynchobdellida, the proboscisless leeches, are a monophyletic order of leeches. They are defined by the lack of the protrusible proboscis that defines their sister taxon, the Rhynchobdellida.Uttam, Suneha, and Seema Langer.Distribution and Ide ...
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Genera
The following may be included:
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taxon details: Haemopidae
# ''
Haemopis''
Savigny, 1820
# ''
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.
References
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Annelid families
Leeches