Erpobdelliformes
| Erpobdelliformes | |
|---|---|
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| Kinabalu giant red leech (Mimobdella buettikoferi) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Infraclass: | Euhirudinea |
| Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
| Suborder: | Erpobdelliformes Sawyer, 1986 |
| Families | |
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The Erpobdelliformes are one of the currently-accepted suborders of the proboscisless leeches (Arhynchobdellida). It includes four families:[1][2]
- Erpobdellidae Blanchard, 1894
- Gastrostomobdellidae Richardson,1971
- Orobdellidae Nakano, Ramlah & Hikida, 2012
- Salifidae Johansson, 1910
References
- ↑ Takafumi Nakano (2011). "Holotype redescription of Mimobdella japonica (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdelliformes) and taxonomic status of the genus Mimobdella". ZooKeys 119: 1–10. doi:10.3897/zookeys.119.1501.
- ↑ Takafumi Nakano, Zainudin Ramlah, & Tsutomu Hikida (2012). "Phylogenetic position of gastrostomobdellid leeches (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdelliformes) and a new family for the genus Orobdella". Zoologica Scripta 41 (2): 177–185. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00506.x.