Erpobdella

Erpobdella
Erpobdella octoculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Family: Erpobdellidae
Genus: Erpobdella
Blainville, 1818
Type species
Erpobdella octoculata
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Croatobranchus Kerovec, Kučinić & Jalžic, 1999
  • Mooreobdella Pawlowski, 1955
  • Nephelopsis Verrill, 1872
  • Semiscolecides Augener, 1930
  • Trocheta Dutrochet, 1817

Erpobdella is a genus of leeches in the family Erpobdellidae. Members of the genus have three or four pairs of eyes, but never have true jaws, and are typically {{convert|2|-|5|centimetres|1} (|0,2|-|0,5|milimetres)long. All members do not feed on blood, but instead are predators of small aquatic invertebrates, which they often swallow whole.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference siddall was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ E. Lukin (1976). Leeches of fresh and brackish water reservoirs [Пиявки пресных и солоноватых водоёмов]. Nauka. pp. 1–484.
  3. ^ Douglas Grant Smith (2001). "Annelida". Pennak's freshwater invertebrates of the United States: Porifera to Crustacea (4th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 269–313. ISBN 978-0-471-35837-4.