MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF TWO LEECH SPECIES (ANNELIDA, HIRUDINEA) WHICH USED IN SOME ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE CLINICS IN BAGHDAD PROVINCE, IRAQ

Autor:	Batool K. Habeeb, Harith Saeed Al-Warid
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	hirudo leeches Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5
Zdroj:	Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, Vol 17, Iss 3, Pp 499-506 (2023)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1017-8678 2311-9799
DOI:	10.26842/binhm.7.2023.17.3.0499
Popis:	The aim of this study is to describe the leech species that are used in some of the alternative medicine clinics in Baghdad Province based on morphometric measurements and colouring pattern of the body. A collection of twenty leeches was provided from some clinics. All specimens were identified and described based on standard available keys. The morphometric characteristics and colouring patterns were recorded and the indicated that these leeches were Hirudo orientalisUtevsky & Trontelj, 2005 and H.verbana Carena, 1820.
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