HIRUDINEA Linnaeus, 1758
(leeches)

HIRUDINEA (leeches) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Infraclass 6 subtaxa 29 trophisms 3 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubclassHIRUDINEA (leeches)
ClassCLITELLATA (a class of annelids)
PhylumANNELIDA (segmented worms and leeches)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HIRUDINEA (leeches)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Elliott, J.M. & Mann, K.H. 1979 A Key to British Freshwater Leeches FBA Scientific Publication , No. 40, 3 edition, 72pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Mann, K.H. & Watson, E.V. 1964 *** A Key to British Freshwater Leeches with Notes on their Ecology ***(Superseded) FBA Scientific Publication , No. 14, 2 edition, 50pp, Freshwater Biological Association

HIRUDINEA (leeches) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Elliot, J.M. & Tullett, P.A. 1982 Provisional atlas of the freshwater leeches of the British Isles Occasional Publication, No. 14, 31pp, Freshwater Biological Association

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to HIRUDINEA (leeches):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 2 images of HIRUDINEA (leeches)
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