Hirudinaria (annelid)

Hirudinaria
Scientific classification
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 is a genus of large Asian leeches belonging to the family Cylicobdellidae; previously it was placed in the Hirudinidae. 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.

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