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Scientific Name: Hirudinaria manillensis Lesson, 1842
Photo: Muzafar Riyaz(GBIF)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Family: Hirudinidae
Description:
Hirudinaria manillensis is a relatively large and robust leech, characterized by its elongated and soft body, flattened from top to bottom. Its dorsal surface exhibits a light brown coloration, while the ventral side appears pale greenish. The dorsum is adorned with four pairs of olive-green stripes. The oral sucker, which includes the prostomium and a few anterior body somites, is oval-shaped and features a cup-like pre-oral chamber that points downwards. The leech has five pairs of eyes and a lip with a median ventral fissure. Its jaws are notably large and adorned with prominent papillae. The gonopores are separated by five annuli, and the anus is a small aperture located mid-dorsally at the base of the posterior sucker.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Commonly found in the fish pond, rivers, lakes, haors, and other fresh waterbodies of Bangladesh
Environment:
Freshwater
Main References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmed M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (EDS.) 2009 Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 16. Annelida Echainodermata Acanthocephala and Minor Phyla.. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 232 pp.
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
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Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
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