Acanthobdellidea
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| Acanthobdellidea | |
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| Acanthobdella peledina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Infraclass: | Acanthobdellidea |
Acanthobdellidea is an infraclass of primitive leeches; some authors place them in a separate subclass from the Hirudinea.[1] However, the World Register of Marine Species places them within the Hirudinea, as a sister group to Euhirudinea, the true leeches.[2]
Species in the group include Acanthobdella peledina, described by the German zoologist Adolph Eduard Grube in 1851,[3] and A. livanowi, described in 1966.[4]
