A new species of the medicinal leech (Oligochaeta, Hirudinida, Hirudo) from Transcaucasia and an identification key for the genus Hirudo

Parasitology Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-66

  Utevsky, Serge Y ^a   Trontelj, Peter ^b  

^a V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; COLOR; EPIDIDYMIS; GENUS; HIRUDINIDA; HIRUDO; HIRUDO ORIENTALIS; IRAN; LEECH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; USSR; UZBEKISTAN; VAGINA;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; IRAN; LEECHES; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UZBEKISTAN;

ANNELIDA; HIRUDINIDA; HIRUDO; HIRUDO MEDICINALIS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 27944458365     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0017-7     Document Type: Article

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