Erpobdelliformes

Suborder of annelid worms

The Erpobdelliformes are one of the currently-accepted suborders of the proboscisless leeches (Arhynchobdellida). It includes five families:^[1][2][3]

• Americobdellidae
• Erpobdellidae Blanchard, 1894
• Gastrostomobdellidae Richardson, 1971
• Orobdellidae Nakano, Ramlah & Hikida, 2012
• Salifidae Johansson, 1910

References

1. Takafumi Nakano (2011). "Holotype redescription of Mimobdella japonica (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdelliformes) and taxonomic status of the genus Mimobdella" (PDF). ZooKeys (119): 1–10. doi:10.3897/zookeys.119.1501. PMC 3192424. PMID 21998513.
2. Takafumi Nakano; Zainudin Ramlah; Tsutomu Hikida (2012). "Phylogenetic position of gastrostomobdellid leeches (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdelliformes) and a new family for the genus Orobdella" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 41 (2): 177–185. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00506.x. S2CID 38186612.
3. "Erpobdelliformes names - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2022-12-05.