Medicinal leech

phylum	Annelida	Hirudo medicinalis, the European medicinal leech, is one of several species used as medicinal leeches. Length can be up to 20 cm. There is a sucker at each end. The posterior sucker is used for leverage. The anterior sucker has the jaw and teeth for feeding on blood, aided by the anticoagulate hirudin. The range is most of Europe and into Asia.. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Annelida
class	Clitellata
order	Hirudinida
family	Hirudinidae
genus	Hirudo
species	H. medicinalis

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