Acanthobdellidea
Sign in to saveAcanthobdellidea is an infraclass of primitive leeches; some authors place them in a separate subclass from the Hirudinea. However, the World Register of Marine Species places them within the Hirudinea, as a sister group to Euhirudinea, the true leeches.
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- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassClitellata
- OrderAcanthobdellida
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Acanthobdellidea is an infraclass of primitive leeches; some authors place them in a separate subclass from the Hirudinea. However, the World Register of Marine Species places them within the Hirudinea, as a sister group to Euhirudinea, the true leeches.
Species in the group include Acanthobdella peledina, described by the German zoologist Adolph Eduard Grube in 1851, and A. livanowi, described in 1966.
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Annelida
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World Register of Marine Species
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Clitellata
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Sedentaria
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Adolph Eduard Grube
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Acanthobdella peledina
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Euhirudinea
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