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Taxon: Genus Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758 (annelid)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Annelida - (Class) Hirudinea - (Order) Arhynchobdellida - (Family) Hirudinidae

Original position

Intestina (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Hirudininae (Subfamily) (Richardson, 1969)

Original entries

Hirudo complanata Linnaeus, 1758
Hirudo geometra Linnaeus, 1758
Hirudo indica Linnaeus, 1758
Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758
Hirudo muricata Linnaeus, 1758
Hirudo octoculata Linnaeus, 1758
Hirudo sanguisuga Linnaeus, 1758
Hirudo stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Hirudininae (Subfamily) (Richardson, 1969) Ref: K. Apakupakul et al., 1999: 352.

Alternative positions

Hirudinidae (Family) Whitman, 1886 Ref: B.C. Das & J.W. Reynolds, 2003: 68.
Intestina (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1079.

Historical positions

Hirudinidae (Family) Whitman, 1886 Ref: B.C. Das & J.W. Reynolds, 2003: 68.
Hirudininae (Subfamily) (Richardson, 1969) Ref: K. Apakupakul et al., 1999: 352.
Hirudinea (Subclass) Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Annelida (Phylum) Lamarck, 1809 Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 216. [rough position]
Hirudinidae (Family) Whitman, 1886 Ref: J. Stuart, 1982: 49.
Gnathobdellida (Order) Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Bdellidea (Order) Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 445. [rough position]
Intestina (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1072, 1079.
Intestina (Order) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 644, 649. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 1s;2ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [8s]
1758 C. Linnaeus [8s]
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