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WoRMS taxon detailsHirudinidae Whitman, 1886
160020 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160020)
accepted
Family
Whitman, C. O. (1886). The Leeches of Japan. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> (series 2) 26(103): 317-416., available online at http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-26/103/317
page(s): 317 [details] 
WoRMS (2024). Hirudinidae Whitman, 1886. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160020 on 2024-05-07
original description
Whitman, C. O. (1886). The Leeches of Japan. <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> (series 2) 26(103): 317-416., available online at http://jcs.biologists.org/content/s2-26/103/317
page(s): 317 [details] taxonomy source Richardson, L. R. (1969). A contribution to the systematics of the hirudinid leeches, with description of new families, genera and species. <em>Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae.</em> 15(1/2): 97-149., available online at https://archive.org/details/actazoologicaacademiaescientiarumhungaricae0015/page/n101 page(s): 97; note: created new families for genera in HIrudinidae [details] Available for editors  [request] status source Phillips, A. J.; Siddall, M. E. (2009). Poly-paraphyly of Hirudinidae: many lineages of medicinal leeches. <em>BMC Evolutionary Biology.</em> 9(1): 246., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-9-246 [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification Richardson (1969) created several new families for genera formerly in Hirudinidae. These seem excessive, even as subfamilies, but require re-evaluation before data entry to WoRMS [details]
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