| Hirudinaria | |
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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 |
| Suborder: | Hirudiniformes |
| Family: | Cylicobdellidae |
| Genus: | Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 |
Hirudinaria[1] is a genus of large Asian leeches belonging to the family Cylicobdellidae;[2] previously it was placed in the Hirudinidae.[3][a] It includes species such as H. manillensis that may be called "Asian medicinal leeches", but together with the genus Poecilobdella, they are also described as Asian buffalo leeches.[3]
- ^ Whitman CO (1886) The Leeches of Japan. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. (series 2) 26(103): 317-416.
- ^ IRMNG: taxon details Hirudinaria (retrieved 28 August 2021)
- ^ a b Phillips AJ (2012) Phylogenetic placement of a new species of Asian buffalo leech (Arhynchobdellida: Hirudinidae), and confirmation of human-mediated dispersal of a congener to the Caribbean. Invertebrate Systematics, 26, 293–302. DOI: also available from: ResearchGate (accessed 29 August 2021).
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