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Hirudo medicinalis
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Hirudo medicinalis
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Hirudo_medicinalis.html
Article about the medicinal leech from Animal Diversity Web.
Biology > Biota > Fauna > Annelida > Hirudinea
Jan 6, 2008
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The authors found freshwater leeches from an industrially polluted creek to contain very high residues of chlorophenols.
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The local distribution and relative abundance of the leeches of the E. S. George Reserve in southeastern Michigan were investigated.
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The authors investigated the phylogenetic relationships of leeches with molecular data.
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A term paper on leeches, some of the most loathed and degraded invertebrates around?
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