| True leeches | |
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| A true leech in a Sydney suburb | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Infraclass: | Euhirudinea |
| Orders | |
Euhirudinea, the true leeches, are an infraclass of the Hirudinea.[1]
- ^ Apakupakul, Kathleen; Siddall, Mark E.; Burreson, Eugene M. (1999-08-01). "Higher Level Relationships of Leeches (Annelida: Clitellata: Euhirudinea) Based on Morphology and Gene Sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 12 (3): 350–359. doi:10.1006/mpev.1999.0639. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 10413628. S2CID 1621170.