''Poecilobdella''
[Blanchard (1893) ''Bol. Mus. Zool. Anat. comp. Torino'', 8, no. 145.] is a genus of Asian
leech
Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worms that comprise the subclass Hirudinea within the phylum Annelida. They are closely related to the oligochaetes, which include the earthworm, and like them have soft, muscular segmented bodie ...
es belonging to the family
Hirudinidae.
[ Together with the genus '' Hirudinaria'', they have been called Asian buffalo (or cattle) leeches.][Phillips AJ (2012) Phylogenetic placement of a new species of Asian buffalo leech (Arhynchobdellida: Hirudinidae), and confirmation of human-mediated dispersal of a congener to the Caribbean. ''Invertebrate Systematics'', 26, 293–302]
DOI
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Species
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility[GBIF]
''Poecilobdella'' Blanchard, 1893 lists:
# '' Poecilobdella blanchardi'' (Moore, 1901) - type species
- previously placed in subgenus: '' Limnatis (Poecilobdella)'' Blanchard, 1893
# ''Poecilobdella hubeiensis
''Poecilobdella''Blanchard (1893) ''Bol. Mus. Zool. Anat. comp. Torino'', 8, no. 145. is a genus of Asian leech
Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worms that comprise the subclass Hirudinea within the phylum Annelida. They are c ...
'' Yang, 1980
# '' Poecilobdella nanjingensis'' Yang, 1996
Now placed in the genus '' Hirudinaria'':
* ''Poecilobdella javanica'' (Wahlberg, 1855)
* ''Poecilobdella manillensis'' (Lesson, 1842)
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Annelid genera
Leeches