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Resources
About Leeches
The history of medicinal use of leeches.
Class Hirudinea
Basic introduction to the orders and families, habitat, and value as an indicator of overall ecosystem health.
Hirudo medicinalis
Article about the medicinal leech from Animal Diversity Web.
Leeches
Photographs of various species from the North Pacific and the Ukraine.
Leeches - Hirudinea
Photographs of members of representative taxa, and the equipment used in studying them.
Leeches of Australia
List of species, mode of reproduction, glossary, and characteristics of Bassianobdella bundabergii, a newly recognizes species that preys on earthworms.
Medicinal Leeches
Interview with a doctor who uses leeches to help keep blood flowing to body parts with impaired circulation, such as newly reattached hands. (February 24, 2000)
New Scientist: Suckers for Punishment
Discussion of the habits of some parasitic and predatory leeches.
