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Arhynchobdellida (proboscisless leeches)

Wikipedia Abstract

The proboscisless leeches, Arhynchobdellida, are classified as an order of the Hirudinea. But leech taxonomy and systematics will eventually be revised in due time, not because there are many uncertainties about their phylogeny, but because the major clades of clitellate annelids - and whether the clitellates are themselves a clade - have not been fully elucidated. For example, the "true leeches" (Euhirudinea) might actually be synonymous with the Hirudinea, as all other leech-like annelids might not be very closely related to the true leeches.
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Family

Americobdellidae (1)
Cylicobdellidae (19)
Erpobdellidae (Leech) (70)
Gastrostomobdellidae (10)
Haemadipsidae (Leech) (50)
Haemopidae (Leech) (18)
Hirudinidae (Leech) (74)
Orobdellidae (22)
Praobdellidae (9)
Semiscolecidae (3)
Xerobdellidae (3)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0