Erpobdelliformes

Erpobdelliformes
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]

References

  1. Takafumi Nakano (2011). "Holotype redescription of Mimobdella japonica (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdelliformes) and taxonomic status of the genus Mimobdella" (PDF). ZooKeys 119: 110. doi:10.3897/zookeys.119.1501.
  2. 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): 177185. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00506.x.
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