Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Annelida > Class Clitellata > Subclass Hirudinea > Infraclass Euhirudinea > Order Rhynchobdellida > Family Glossiphoniidae > Genus Glossiphonia

Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Glossiphonia*	Johnson, 1816	accepted genus name
*Boreobdella*	Johansson, 1929	generic synonym
*Clepsine*	Savigny, 1822	generic synonym

Children

Glossiphonia complanata complanata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Glossiphonia complanata maculosa Sket, 1968

Literature

basis of record	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Pohle, B. & Hamburger, K. 2005. Respiratory adaptations to oxygen lack in three species of Glossiphoniidae (Hirudinea) in Lake Esrom, Denmark. Limnologica. 35(1-2):78-89
additional source	Koperski, P. 2005. Testing the suitability of leeches (Hirudinea, Clitellata) for biological assessment of lowland streams. Polish Journal of Ecology. 53(1):65-80
additional source	Edwards, F.K., Lauridsen R.B., Armand L., Vincent H.M, Jones, J.I. 2009. The relationship between length, mass and preservation time for three species of freshwater leeches (Hirudinea). Fundamental and Applied Limnology. 73(4):321-327.