Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Hirudinea > Infraclass Euhirudinea

Arhynchobdellida Blanchard, 1894

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Erpobdelliformes
Hirudiniformes Caballero, 1952

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Αρυγχοβδελλίδια sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: arincobdellidi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: bestraublės dėlės sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: blodigler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: pijawki bezryjkowe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: щетинконосные пиявки sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: nerilčaste pijavke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: sülükler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Безхоботні п'явки

Literature

original description	Blanchard, Raphael. (1894). Hirudinées de l'Italie continentale et insulaire. Bollettino dei musei di zoologia ed anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino. 9(192): 1-81.
additional source	Sawyer, R.T. (1986). Leech biology and behaviour. Vol. II. Feeding biology, ecology, and systematics. Clarendon Press. 375 p.
taxonomy source	Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; León-Règagnon, Virginia; Mark E. Siddall, Mark E. (2005). Phylogeny and revision of Erpobdelliformes (Annelida, Arhynchobdellida) from Mexico based on nuclear and mitochondrial gene sequences. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 76 (2): 191-198, 2005.

Genbank

Citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Arhynchobdellida. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160002

Prof. Dr. Alessandro Minelli. Arhynchobdellida Blanchard, 1894. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f0cfbfc6-87f8-46b1-8a06-bbd9de7dac24