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WoRMS taxon detailsHirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758
724639 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724639)
accepted
Species
Sanguisuga medicinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (new combination in superfluous...)
new combination in superfluous replacement genus for Hirudo
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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Distribution uncommon to rare in temperate Europe from Britain to Altai Mountains in south-western Siberia (Sawyer, p. 716)
Distribution uncommon to rare in temperate Europe from Britain to Altai Mountains in south-western Siberia (Sawyer, p. 716) [details]
WoRMS (2024). Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724639 on 2024-06-12
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request] taxonomy source Harding, W. A. (1910). A Revision of the British Leeches. <em>Parasitology.</em> 3(2): 130-201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55827692 page(s): 172, figure 13; note: extensive synonymy, figure, and observations on usage and local extinction for the British Isles [details]  additional source Ébrard, Elie. (1853). Nouvelle monographie des sangsues médicinales: Description, classification, nutrition, reproduction, croissance, qualités des diverses races, multiplication dans les bassins, les barrails, les marais et les étangs; du commerce des sangsues et de ses fraudes, législation; du dégorgement, des maladies et de la conservation, etc . <em>[book].</em> 1-494, 12 plates, 76 colour figures of 104, J. B. Bailliére et fils, London., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=GmE9AAAAYAAJ [details] additional source Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p. page(s): 716 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Distribution uncommon to rare in temperate Europe from Britain to Altai Mountains in south-western Siberia (Sawyer, p. 716) [details]Ecology Harding (1910: 174) reported that "There seems to be no doubt that this species is now extinct in the British Islands." He reports sources stating ""leech-gathering" appears to have been a not uncommon and somewhat remunerative calling in the earlier part of the last century" and that In Ireland "in 1849, the medicinal leech (for which the Irish name was dallog) was still found in pools in the neighbourhood of Lough Mask and that "in summer the leech-gatherers sat with their legs in the water on which the creatures fasten and are thus obtained." [details] |
