Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Hirudinea > Infraclass Euhirudinea > Order Rhynchobdellida > Family Glossiphoniidae > Genus Alboglossiphonia

Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Alboglossiphonia*	Lukin, 1976	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Clepsine polonica*	Lindenfeld & Pietruszynski, 1890	subjective synonym
*Clepsine striata*	Apathy, 1888	subjective synonym
*Glossiphonia heteroclita*	(Linnaeus, 1761)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Doorschijnende bloedzuiger

Literature

status source	Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598832

Prof. Dr. Alessandro Minelli. Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/06d932b1-5fde-49d8-b89f-977fef7339cd

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Occurrence

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Environment

not marine, not brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598832
urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:196028

Last modified

2022-08-28 by Prof. Dr. Alessandro Minelli & by Geoffrey Read

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