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Hirudo troctina

Hirudo troctina

Classification

Hirudo is a genus of leeches of the family Hirudinidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. The two well-accepted species within the genus are: Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758 Hirudo nipponia Whitman, 1886 Three other species, previously synonymized with H.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Portugal · 3