CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Annelida (phylum)  »  Clitellata (class)  »  Arhynchobdellida (order)  »  Hirudinidae (family)

CAAB Code:	22 323000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Hirudinidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 22 - Annelida Segmented worms Family: 22 323 Hirudinidae (leeches) - show full list Common Name: leeches Organism Type: a leech Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Child Codes: 22 323901     Bassianobdella spp. 22 323902     Eunomobdella spp. 22 323903     Euranophila spp. 22 323904     Goddardobdella spp. 22 323905     Habeobdella spp. 22 323906     Kaiyabdella spp. 22 323907     Priscabdella spp. 22 323908     Quantenobdella spp. 22 323909     Richardsonianus spp.

Taxon Notes:	Many members of this family are terrestrial, only aquatic species are included here. Many freshwater species can be semi-terrestrial in very moist conditions. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:34684593-8575-44ea-8705-25ca0cd480b5 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Scientific Name verified against:

WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.