
Proboscisless Leeches
Arhynchobdellida
The proboscisless leeches, Arhynchobdellida, are classified as an order of the Hirudinea. But leech taxonomy and systematics will eventually be revised in due time, not because there are many uncertainties about their phylogeny, but because the major clades of clitellate annelids - and whether the clitellates are themselves a clade - have not been fully elucidated. For example, the "true leeches" (Euhirudinea) might actually be synonymous with the Hirudinea, as all other leech-like annelids might not...
6 branches of this order, most-observed first

Hirudiniformes
suborderHirudiniformes

Erpobdelliformes
suborderErpobdelliformes

Orobdellidae
familyOrobdellidae

Americobdellidae
familyAmericobdellidae

Gastrostomobdellidae
familyGastrostomobdellidae

Semiscolecidae
familySemiscolecidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122518.