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A new species of medicinal leech in the genus Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758 (Hirudiniformes, Hirudinidae) from Tianjin City, China

Medicinal leeches in the genus Hirudo have been utilized for therapeutic procedures for thousands of years. To date, six known species of Hirudo are widely distributed in different regions of the Eurasian continent. In this study, a new medicinal leech species Hirudotianjinensis Liu, sp. nov. is des...

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Autores principales: Wang, Hao, Meng, Fan-Ming, Jin, Si-Jie, Gao, Jiang-Wei, Tong, Xiang-Rong, Liu, Zi-Chao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9021146/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35836684
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1095.74071