![Draft genome of the European medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudiniformes) with emphasis on anticoagulants | Scientific Reports Draft genome of the European medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudiniformes) with emphasis on anticoagulants | Scientific Reports](https://media.springernature.com/full/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41598-020-66749-5/MediaObjects/41598_2020_66749_Fig1_HTML.png)
Draft genome of the European medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudiniformes) with emphasis on anticoagulants | Scientific Reports
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Leech keepers offer themselves as food to their 'pets' by allowing parasites to suck their blood | Daily Mail Online
Reptile Hunter - Hirudinaria manillensis aka buffalo leech, I have babies of them. It is a medicinal leech by the way and used mainly in Asia. Photo by Itsuki Yoshida | Facebook
![A new species of buffalo leech in the genus Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 (Arhynchobdellida, Hirudinidae) from Thailand A new species of buffalo leech in the genus Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 (Arhynchobdellida, Hirudinidae) from Thailand](https://zookeys.pensoft.net/showimg.php?filename=d200x_410552.jpg)
A new species of buffalo leech in the genus Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 (Arhynchobdellida, Hirudinidae) from Thailand
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