The Open Bay Islands leech, Hirudobdella antipodum
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Description: English: A small oblong leech with a sucker disk at one end and a biting mouth at the other. Date: 1904. Source: Benham, W.B. (1904). "On a new species of land leech (Hirudo antipodium) recently discovered in New Zealand." Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 36: 185–19. Author: Benham, W.B.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Annelida (segmented worms)
- Pleistoannelida
- Sedentaria
- Clitellata (earthworms, leeches, and relatives)
- Hirudinea (leeches)
- Euhirudinea
- Arhynchobdellida (Proboscisless leeches)
- Hirudiniformes
- Hirudinidae
- Hirudobdella
- Hirudobdella antipodum (Open Bay Islands leech)
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- Benham, W.B.
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- Benham, W.B. (1904). "On a new species of land leech (Hirudo antipodium) recently discovered in New Zealand." Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 36: 185–19
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