Leech
A leech, plural leeches, is a kind of worm that live in wet areas. Some only live in water, but some, called terrestrial leeches, can live on land. Terrestrial leeches can only live in wet and humid areas.[1] Some leeches that live in water can swim.[2] Leeches have 34 connected parts, called segments, that make up the body.[2] Some leeches are predators, and eat other small animals, called invertebrates. Other leeches drink the blood of bigger animals, including humans.[3]
| Leech | |
|---|---|
| File:Sucking leech.jpg | |
| Hirudo medicinalis sucking blood | |
| File:Europäischer-Platt-Egel cropped.jpg | |
| Helobdella sp. | |
| Scientific classification e | |
| Unrecognized taxon (fix): | Hirudinea |
| Infraclasses | |
Leech Media
- Haemadipsa zeylanica japonica.jpg
Haemadipsa zeylanica, a terrestrial leech
- Parasite180056-fig1 Placobdelloides siamensis (Glossiphoniidae).png
Placobdelloides siamensis, a parasite of turtles in Thailand. The ventral face (right) shows many young leeches.
Polychaete worm Nereis pelagica
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- Lumbriculidae unknown species (cropped).jpg
Lumbriculidae unknown species (cropped)
- Signal crayfish branchiobdellid crop 2.jpg
Signal crayfish branchiobdellid crop 2
- Acanthobdella 001 (detail).png
Acanthobdella 001 (detail)
- ErpobdellaOctoculata wwalas 01.JPG
ErpobdellaOctoculata wwalas 01
- Svømmende blodigle.JPG
European medical leech (Hirudo medicinalis L., 1758)
- Parasite180056-fig5A Placobdelloides siamensis (Glossiphoniidae).png
Parasite180056-fig5A Placobdelloides siamensis (Glossiphoniidae)
- 20100214 Leech climbing door at Lake Leake, Tasmania.ogv
This video is of a leech climbing the external face of the door of the public toilet at Lake Leake in Tasmania. The video was taken on a Nokia 6120 classic mobile phone and converted from MP4 format to OGG format using FFmpeg.
References
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- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Leech | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
- ↑ Abdualkader, A. M.; Ghawi, A. M.; Alaama, M.; Awang, M.; Merzouk, A. (2013). "Leech Therapeutic Applications". Indian J Pharm Sci. 75 (2): 127–137. PMC 3757849. PMID 24019559.