Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Hirudinea > Infraclass Euhirudinea > Order Arhynchobdellida > Suborder Hirudiniformes > Family Haemopidae > Genus Haemopis

Haemopis sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Haemopis*	Savigny, 1822	accepted genus name
*Aulastoma*	Moquin-Tandon, 1826	generic synonym

Species group names

*Hirudo gulo*	Braun, 1805	subjective synonym
*Hirudo vorax*	Johnson, 1816	subjective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Hesteigle sources: danish PESI focal point

Dutch: Paardenbloedzuiger sources: Dutch Species Register

English: Horse Leech sources: Charles Hussey

Swedish: hästigel

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Citation

Prof. Dr. Alessandro Minelli. Haemopis sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/0df023c0-a620-41f9-81ad-35bc3b2b6044

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