UK leeches split into two separate orders:
Rhynchobdellida and Arhynchobdellida.
In the order Rhynchobdellia, there are two families:
- Piscicolidae
- Glossiphoniidae.
And in the order Arhynchobdellida, there are three families:
- Haemopidae
- Hirudinidae
- Erpobdellidae.
Click on each species name below for further information.
Piscicolidae
Glossiphoniidae
Erpobdellidae
Haemopidae
Hirudinidae
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