Erpobdelliformes
Erpobdelliformes

Erpobdella punctata
Mark E. Siddall & E. M. Burreson *
,___________Salifidae
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____| ,________Barbronia
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|__| ,_____Cylicobdellidae
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|__| ,__Lumbricobdella
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|__Erpobdellidae
Table of Contents
Characteristics of the Group
Sources of Information on the Internet
References
Characteristics of the Erpodelliformes
Apomorphies for whole group
- more than one testisac in each somite
Apomorphies for Erpobdelliformes sans Salifa perspicax
- male bursa bilobed (reversal)
- ovisacs not more than 2 somites long (reversal)
- more than one pair of eyespots per somite
Sources of Information on the Internet
References
- Sawyer, R. T. 1986. Leech biology and behaviour. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. 10065 pp.
- Siddall, M. E., and Burreson, E. M. 1995. Phylogeny of the Euhirudinea:
Independent
evolution of blood feeding by leeches? Canadian Journal of Zoology, 73:
1048-1064
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Mark E. Siddall & Gene M. Burreson
Email: mes@vims.edu or gene@vims.edu
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
School of Marine Science
College of William and Mary
Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062, USA
Page copyright © 1995 Mark E. Siddall
Last modified 30 April, 1996