Haemopis sanguisuga

Haemopis sanguisuga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Family: Haemopidae
Genus: Haemopis
Species:
H. sanguisuga
Binomial name
Haemopis sanguisuga
Synonyms
  • Hirudo sanguisuga Linnaeus, 1758
  • Hirudo gulo Braun, 1805
  • Hirudo vorax Johnson, 1816
  • Aulastomum gulo (Frič & Vávra, 1892)

Haemopis sanguisuga is a species of freshwater leech in the family Haemopidae.[1][2][3] It is commonly called the horse-leech, but that is due to the similarity of its appearance to the leech Limnatis nilotica, which sometimes enters the nasal cavities of livestock. Haemopis sanguisuga does not behave in this way.[4] Another synonym for this leech is Aulastomum gulo.[5]

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  3. ^ "Horse Leech - Haemopis sanguisuga". NatureSpot. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
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  5. ^ Bishop, Ann (1933). "The morphology and division of Hexamita gigas n.sp. (Flagellata)1". Parasitology. 25 (2): 163–170. doi:10.1017/S0031182000019351.