Species Profile
Hirudinaria granulosa
Cattle leech
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumAnnelida
ClassHirudinea
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Hirudinaria lives in ponds and tanks.
Feeds on blood of animals.
Large leech species.
Size & Structure
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Dorsoventrally flattened
02
Anterior and posterior suckers
03
Dark green colour
04
Granulated surface
Hirudinaria granulosa — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Coelomate (reduced)
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Externally absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Ladder-like
- Excretory organ
- Nephridia
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Cutaneous
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Absent
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Parasite of mammals
Freshwater ecosystem role
Predator-prey interaction
Economic Importance
Medical leeching
Research use
Parasitology studies