Helobdella robusta

Helobdella robusta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Rhynchobdellida
Family: Glossiphoniidae
Genus: Helobdella
Species: H. robusta
Binomial name
Helobdella robusta
Shankland, Bissen & Weisblat, 1992

Helobdella robusta is a leech of the family glossiphoniidae. Its genome has been sequences by the Joint Genome Institute,[1] and its early development has been studied extensively.[2]

References

  1. ^ "JGI: Helobdella robusta". http://genome.jgi-psf.org/Helro1/Helro1.home.html. 
  2. ^ Weisblat, DA (2007). "Asymmetric cell divisions in the early embryo of the leech Helobdella robusta". Progress in molecular and subcellular biology 45: 79–95. PMID 17585497.  edit
External identifiers for Helobdella robusta
EOL 590817
ITIS 568912
NCBI 6412