MarBEF Data System

Traits taxon details

Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

724639 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:724639)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758
Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758

Orig. name

Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2021). Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724639 on 2024-05-09

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024). Marine Species Traits. Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724639 on 2024-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-04-09 01:06:46Z

created

Kolb, Jürgen

2017-01-23 13:50:16Z

changed

Utevsky, Sergiy

[taxonomic tree]

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Harding, W. A. (1910). A Revision of the British Leeches. Parasitology. 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 . [book]. 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

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (647 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (148795 nucleotides; 554 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To ITIS