Hirudinidae

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Hirudinidae

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:family
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Clitellata
gptkbp:commonName	medicinal leeches
gptkbp:containsGenus	gptkb:Hirudo gptkb:Limnatis gptkb:Limnobdella gptkb:Poecilobdella gptkb:Whitmania
gptkbp:describedBy	gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck
gptkbp:describedYear	1818
gptkbp:distribution	gptkb:Asia gptkb:Europe gptkb:North_Africa
gptkbp:habitat	freshwater
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Hirudinidae
gptkbp:kingdom	gptkb:Animalia
gptkbp:medicalUse	bloodletting
gptkbp:notableCompound	hirudin
gptkbp:notableSpecies	gptkb:Hirudo_medicinalis
gptkbp:order	gptkb:Arhynchobdellida
gptkbp:parasitizes	vertebrates
gptkbp:phylum	gptkb:Annelida
gptkbp:taxonRank	gptkb:family
gptkbp:typeSpecies	gptkb:Hirudo
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Haemopis_sanguisuga gptkb:Macrobdella_decora gptkb:Hirudo_medicinalis
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5