Summary description from Wikipedia:

Hirudinidae in languages:

Chinese

黃蛭科

Chinese

醫蛭科

Czech

pijavkovití

Estonian

kirjukaanlased

Korean

거머리과

Swedish

käkiglar

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Parent Taxon

• Arhynchobdellida

Sibling Taxa

• Cylicobdellidae
• Haemadipsidae
• Haemopidae
• Hirudinidae
• Praobdellidae
• Xerobdellidae

Child Taxa

• Aliolimnatis
• Asiaticobdella
• Goddardobdella
• Habeobdella
• Hirudinariinae
• Hirudo
• Limnobdella
• Macrobdellinae
• Ornithobdellinae
• Philobdella
• Richardsonianinae
• Whitmania

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