Abstract
Hirudinea Lamarck 1818: Evolutionary origin and taxonomy of the six medicinal leeches (genus Hirudo) known today
Highlights
Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) was a world-class naturalist who gave living organisms two Latin names, and described hundreds of new species of plants and animals
In 1818, Lamarck coined the word “Hirudinea”, and described-classified all leech species known at that time (Figure 1)
In the second part of our account, we summarize the current status of the systematics of medicinal leeches, invertebrates that are both of theoretical and practical value [2]
Summary
Hirudinea Lamarck 1818: Evolutionary origin and taxonomy of the six medicinal leeches (genus Hirudo) known today. Ulrich Kutschera1* and Daniel S Shain2 1Institute of Biology, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, D-34132 Kassel, Germany 2Biology Department, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, 315 Penn Street, Camden, NJ 08102, USA
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