Philaemon

Philaemon
Philaemon pungens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Family: Haemadipsidae
Genus: Philaemon
Lambert, 1898
Type species
Philaemon pungens
Lambert, 1898

Philaemon is a genus of Australian leeches. The taxon authority is sometimes listed as Blanchard: 193  and sometimes as Lambert. Lambert provided the actual description but gave the credit to Blanchard, who provided the name itself.

Species

It includes the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Out of scope". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  2. ↑ Ingram, DM (1957). "Some Tasmanian Hirudinea" (PDF). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 91: 191–232. doi:10.26749/unpa8042. ISSN 0080-4703.
  3. ↑ Richardson, Laurence R. (1974). "Domanibdella gen. nov., a duognathous 5–annulated land leech in New Guinea (Hirudinoidea: Haemadipsidae s.l.), with a discussion on general annulation". Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 35: 106. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1974.35.04. ISSN 0083-5986.
  4. ↑ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Vol. v.92=no.413-415 (1967-1968). Sydney: Linnean Society of New South Wales. 1967.
  5. ↑ Borda, Elizabeth (2006). "A Revision of the Malagabdellinae (arhynchobdellida: Domanibdellidae), with a Description of a New Species, Malagabdella niarchosorum, from Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar". American Museum Novitates (3531): 1. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3531[1:AROTMA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0082. Archived from the original on 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  6. ↑ "Genus: Philaemon". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 2025-03-06.
  7. ↑ Richardson, Laurence R. (25 Oct 1967). "An Annotated List of Australian Leeches". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 92: 243.