🦋 Family

Hirudinidae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Annelida › Clitellata › Arhynchobdellida › Hirudinidae

Hirudo medicinalis, the European medicinal leech, is a near-threatened parasitic leech historically used for medical purposes.

Hirudo verbana is a leech species only recently split from the well-known European medicinal leech, after long being classified with it.

Macrobdella decora is a widely distributed freshwater North American leech with characteristic spotted coloration.

Related Families

Haemadipsidae 2 species Erpobdellidae 1 species Haemopidae 1 species

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