| Erpobdella octoculata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
| Family: | Erpobdellidae |
| Genus: | Erpobdella |
| Species: | E. octoculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Erpobdella octoculata | |
Erpobdella octoculata is a freshwater leech in the Erpobdellidae family.[1] This species can be found in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East (Iran and Turkey).[2][3][4]
- ^ Mark E. Siddall (2002). "Phylogeny of the leech family Erpobdellidae (Hirudinida : Oligochaeta)" (PDF). Invertebrate Systematics. 16: 1–6. doi:10.1071/IT01011.
- ^ "Phylum Annelida: Class Hirudinea (Leeches)", Parasites of North American Freshwater Fishes, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, pp. 301–309, 2019-12-31, doi:10.7591/9781501735059-019, ISBN 9781501735059, S2CID 242327323, retrieved 2022-04-10
- ^ Grosser, C.; Pesic, V. (2006). "On the diversity of Iranian leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea)". Archives of Biological Sciences. 58 (1): 21–24. doi:10.2298/abs0601021g. ISSN 0354-4664.
- ^ Apaydin Yagci, Meral; Ustaoglu, Mustafa Rusen (2014). "Relationships with Some Physicochemical Parameters and Zooplankton Abundance with Depth in Lake Iznik, Bursa, Turkey". Ekoloji: 36–42. doi:10.5053/ekoloji.2014.935. ISSN 1300-1361.