Annelida: Class Hirudinea
Class Hirudinea
This class includes the 500 species of leeches, flattened, predacious or parasitic annelids equipped with suckers used for creeping. Leeches range in length from about
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Leech Reproduction
- Leech Predation and Digestion
- Leech Anatomy
- Class Hirudinea
- Oligochaete Reproduction
- Oligochaete Circulation and Respiration
- Oligochaete Digestion
- Oligochaete Anatomy
- Class Oligochaeta
- Archiannelida and Myzostomaria
- Polychaete Reproduction
- Polychaete Anatomy
- Sedentary Polychaetes
- Errant Polychaetes
- Class Polychaeta
- Reproduction
- The Nervous System
- Respiration
- Circulation
- Digestion
- The Body Wall
- Segmented Bodies
- Bibliography
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