Prepared by Mark J. Wetzel, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1816 S. Oak Street, 1021 Forbes Natural History Building, MC-652, Champaign, Illinois 61820. Telephone: (217) 244-2108 (with voicemail); FAX: (217) 244-0729; *E-mail: mjwetzel{AT}illinois.edu

The section on Hirudinida was compiled by Dr. Donald J. Klemm, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Ecological Exposure Research Division, Ecosystems Research Branch, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr. - MS 642, Cincinnati, OH 45268 USA; Phone: (513) 569-7090; FAX: (513) 569-7609; *E-mail address: klemm.donald{AT}epa.gov
and
Dr. William E. Moser -- Smithsonian Institution, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Museum Support Center, MRC 534, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746 USA; Phone: (301) 238-1761; FAX: (202) 357-3043; *E-Mail: moserw{AT}si.edu

The citations listed in this website were included in the annelid section of an extensive annual bibliography, to be published in September 2008 by the North American Benthological Society in ''Current and Selected Bibliographies on Benthic Biology - 2007.'' That bibliography is available to current members of the Society [dues paid on an annual basis; membership information is available via the Society's website, above]. The annelid section of that complete bibliography is provided via this website for all of our annelidically-inclined colleagues worldwide for their professional [non-commercial] use to assist in furthering their scientific endeavors. Notes: 1) several citations included on this website were added since the publication of this year's NABS bibliographic compilation, and thus are not in the printed/online version via the NABS website; these citations (below) are followed by '{added}'; 2) several older important and/or interesting papers have also been included in this compilation (e.g., Hrabe, 1963; Frank and Lounibos, 1987; others).

Abbreviations: A = Aeolosomatida / Aphanoneura; Ac = Acanthobdellae / Acathobdellida; B = Branchiobdellida; bib = bibliography; C = cytology; D = description; E = ecology; F = faunistic, or distributional information; G = general; H = Hirudinida; K = key provided; M = methods, such as analysis, collection, or processing information; O = Oligochaeta; P = Polychaeta; Ph = physiology; R = revision; Rvw = review; TMS = taxonomy, morphology, and / or systematics; X = toxicology; xO = interesting paper, but oligochaetes not discussed.

A number followed by a hyphen (-) and a letter indicates the level of identification for that letter group, e.g., [2-O] = species level of identification for Oligochaeta; [3-B] = new species, revision, or redescription of Branchiobdellida. Citations followed by an asterisk (*) were downloaded from one or more bibliographic databases but have not been verified for accuracy. Unless otherwise noted, all papers are written in English; many include one or more foreign language abstracts or summaries.

Other annual bibliographies for Annelida published in previous years by the North American Benthological Society in ''Current and Selected Bibliographies on Benthic Biology'' and available via the World Wide Web can be obtained at the following addresses:

• NABS 1993 Annelida Bibliography (for 1992)

• NABS 1994 Annelida Bibliography (for 1993)

• NABS 1995 Annelida Bibliography (for 1994)

• NABS 1996 Annelida Bibliography (for 1995)

• NABS 1997 Annelida Bibliography (for 1996)

• NABS 1998 Annelida Bibliography (for 1997)

• NABS 1999 Annelida Bibliography (for 1998)

• NABS 2000 Annelida Bibliography (for 1999)

• NABS 2001 Annelida Bibliography (for 2000)

• NABS 2002 Annelida Bibliography (for 2001)

• NABS 2003 Annelida Bibliography (for 2002)

• NABS 2004 Annelida Bibliography (for 2003)

• NABS 2005 Annelida Bibliography (for 2004)

• NABS 2006 Annelida Bibliography (for 2005)

• NABS 2007 Annelida Bibliography (for 2006)

• NABS 2009 Annelida Bibliography (for 2008)

• NABS 2010 Annelida Bibliography (for 2009)

Additional information relating to the study of aquatic Annelida can be obtained via The INHS Center for Annelida Resources. There, you will also find current information on upcoming as well as recently convened conferences, meetings, and symposia focusing on Annelida and other aquatic resources.

ACANTHOBDELLAE / ACANTHOBDELLIDA

Rouse, G.W.; Pleijel, F. 2007. Annelida. In: Z.-Q. Zhang & W.A. Shear (Eds). Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy [special journal issue; 766 pp.] Zootaxa 1668: 245-264. [2,Rvw,TMS].

Rousset, V.; Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G.W.; Erséus, C.; Siddall, M.E. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of annelids. Cladistics 23: 41-63. [2,M,TMS].

BRANCHIOBDELLIDA

Gherardi, F.; Bertolino, S.; Bodon, M.; Casellato, S.; Cianfanelli, S.; Ferraguti, M.; Lori, E.; Mura, G.; Nocita, A.; Riccardi, N.; Rossetti, G.; Rota, E.; Scalera, R.; Zerunian, S.; Tricarico, E. 2008. Animal xenodiversity in Italian inland waters: distribution, modes of arrival, and pathways [Review]. Biological Invasions 10(4): 435-454. [2,E,Rvw].

Rouse, G.W.; Pleijel, F. 2007. Annelida. In: Z.-Q. Zhang & W.A. Shear (Eds). Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy [special journal issue; 766 pp.] Zootaxa 1668: 245-264. [2,Rvw,TMS].

Rousset, V.; Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G.W.; Erséus, C.; Siddall, M.E. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of annelids. Cladistics 23: 41-63. [2,M,TMS].

Subchev, M.; Koutrakis, E.; Perdikaris, C. 2007. Crayfish epibionts Branchiobdella sp. and Hystricosoma chappuisi (Annelida: Clitellata) in Greece. Bulletin Francais de la Peche et de la Pisciculture [BFPP/Bull. Fr. Peche Piscic. Please note: in 2008, this journal will change its name to 'Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Systems']. [paper in English, with English and French abstracts]. 387: 59-66. [2,E,F].

OLIGOCHAETOUS CLITELLATA ('OLIGOCHAETA') [including several papers on terrestrial species]

Achurra, A.; Rodriguez, P. 2008. Biodiversity of groundwater oligochaetes from a karst unit in northern Iberian Peninsula: ranking subterranean sites for conservation management. Hydrobiologia 605(1): 159 -171. [2,E,F,M].*

Alexander, A.C.; Culp, J.M.; Liber, K.; Cessna, A.J. 2007. Effects of insecticide exposure on feeding inhibition in mayflies and oligochaetes. Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 26(8): 1726-1732. [2,E,Ph,X].*

Alves, R.D.; Gorni, G.R. 2007. Naididae species (Oligochaeta) associated with submersed aquatic macrophytes in two reservoirs (São Paulo, Brazil). [in English, with English and Spanish abstracts]. Acta Limnol. Bras. 19(4): 407-413. [2,E,F,M].

Alves, R.G.; Marchese, M.R.; Martins, R.T. 2008. Oligochaeta (Annelida, Clitellata) of lotic environments at Parque Estadual Intervales (São Paulo, Brazil). [in English, with English and Spanish abstracts]. Biota Neotropica 8(1): 21-25. [2,E,F].

Amorim, M.J.B.; Novais, S.; Römbke, J.; Soares, A.M.V.M. 2008. Enchytraeus albidus (Enchytraeidae): A test organism in a standardised avoidance test? Effects of different chemical substances. Environment International 34(3): 363-371. [2,E,M,Ph,X].

Anlauf, K.J.; Moffitt, C.M. 2008. Models of stream habitat characteristics associated with tubificid populations in an intermountain watershed. Hydrobiologia 603: 147-158. [2,E,F,M].*

Arsan, E.L.; Hallett, S.L.; Bartholomew, J.L. 2007. Tubifex tubifex from Alaska and their susceptibility to Myxobolus cerebralis. Journal of Parasitology 93(6): 1332-1342. [2,E,F,Ph].*

Arslan, N. 2006. Records of Aphanoneura and aquatic oligochaetes from Turkey. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 15(4): 1-6. [2,E,F].

Arslan, N.; Ilhan, S.; Sahin, Y.; Filik, C.; Yilmaz, V.; Onturk, T. 2007. Diversity of invertebrate fauna in littoral of shallow Musaözü Dam Lake in comparison with environmental parameters. Journal of Applied Biological Sciences 1(3): 67-75. [2,E,F].

Arslan, N.; Sahin, Y. 2006. A preliminary study on the identification of the littoral oligochaete (Annelida) and Chironomidae (Diptera) fauna of Lake Kovada, a national park in Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 30: 67-72. [2,E,F].

Arslan, N.; Timm, T.; Erséus, C. 2007. Aquatic Oligochaeta (Annelida) of Balikdami wetland (Turkey), with description of two new species of Phallodrilinae. Biolögia, Bratislavia 62(3): 323-334. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].

Baxa, D.V.; Kelley, G.O.; Mukkatira, K.S.; Beauchamp, K.A.; Rasmussen, C.; Hedrick, R.P. 2008. Arrested development of the myxozoan parasite, Myxobolus cerebralis, in certain populations of mitochondrial 16S lineage III Tubifex tubifex. Parasitology Research 102(2): 219-228. [2,E,M,Ph].*

Beche, L.A.; Resh, V.H. 2007. Short-term climatic trends affect the temporal variability of macroinvertebrates in California 'Mediterranean' streams. Freshwater Biology 52(12): 2317-2339. [1,E,F].

Bergter, A.; Hunnekuhl, V.S.; Schniederjans, M.; Paululat, A. 2007. Evolutionary aspects of pattern formation during clitellate muscle development. Evolution & Development 9(6): 602-617. [2,E,Ph,TMS].*

Bergter, A.; Paululat, A. 2007. Pattern of body-wall muscle differentiation during embryonic development of Enchytraeus coronatus (Annelida: Oligochaeta; Enchytraeidae). Journal of Morphology 268(6): 537-549. [2,Ph,TMS].

Besser, J.M.; Brumbaugh, W.G.; Ivey, C.D.; Ingersoll, C.G.; Moran, P.W. 2008. Biological and chemical characterization of metal bioavailability in sediments from Lake Roosevelt, Columbia River, Washington, USA. Archives of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology 54(4): 557-570. [2,E,M,Ph,X].*

Blakemore, R.J.; Csuzdi, C.; Ito, M.T.; Kaneko, N.; Kawaguchi, T.; Schilthuizen, M. 2007. Taxonomic status and ecology of Oriental Pheretima darnleiensis (Fletcher, 1886) and other earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Mt Kinabalu, Borneo. Zootaxa (1613): 23-44. [2,E,TMS].*

Bogut, I.; Vidakovic, J.; Palijan, G.; Cerba, D. 2007. Benthic macroinvertebrates associated with four species of macrophytes. Biologia 62(5): 600-606. [1,E,F].*

Boros, G.; Dózsa-Farkas, K. 2008. Marionina scintillans sp. n., a new enchytraeid species (Annelida: Oligochaeta) from Hungarian green houses. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 54(2): 113-123. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].

Briones, M.J.I.; Ineson, P.; Heinemeyer, A. 2007. Predicting potential impacts of climate change on the geographical distribution of enchytraeids: a meta-analysis approach [Review]. Global Change Biology 13(11): 2252-2269. [2,E,M,Ph,Rvw].*

Camur-Elipek, B.; Arslan, N.; Kirgiz, T.; Oterlera, B. 2006. Benthic macrofauna in Tunca River (Turkey) and their relationships with environmental variables. Acta hydrochimica hydrobiologica 34: 360-366. [2,E,F].

Carlisle, D.M.; Hawkins, C.P.; Meador, M.R.; Potapova, M.; Falcone, J. 2008. Biological assessments of Appalachian streams based on predictive models for fish, macroinvertebrate, and diatom assemblages. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27(1): 16-37. [1,E,M].

Chang, C.H.; Lin, Y.H.; Chen, I.H.; Chuang, S.C.; Chen, J.H. 2007. Taxonomic re-evaluation of the Taiwanese montane earthworm Amynthas wulinensis Tsai, Shen & Tsai, 2001 (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae): Polytypic species or species complex? Organisms Diversity & Evolution 7(3): 231-240. [2,3,D,E,Ph,TMS].*

Chapman, P.M. 2008. Environmental risks of inorganic metals and metalloids: A continuing, evolving scientific odyssey [Review]. Human & Ecological Risk Assessment 14(1): 5-40. [2,E,M,Ph,Rvw,X].*

Chessman, B.; Williams, S.; Besley, C. 2007. Bioassessment of streams with macroinvertebrates: effect of sampled habitat and taxonomic resolution. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26(3): 546-565. [2,E,F,M].

Christoffersen, M.L. 2007. Distribution and species diversity of Rhinodrilus Perrier, 1872 (Annelida, Clitellata, Lumbricina, Glossoscolecidae) in South America. Neodiversity 1: 1-6. [2,E,F,TMS].

Christoffersen, M.L. 2008. A catalogue of the Ocnerodrilidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) from South America [Review]. Italian Journal of Zoology 75(1): 97-107. [2,bib,E,F,Rvw,TMS].*

Cochon, A.C.; Della Penna, A.B.; Kristoff, G.; Piol, M.N.; San Martin de Viale, L.C.; Guerrero, N.R.V. 2007. Differential effects of paraquat on oxidative stress parameters and polyamine levels in two freshwater invertebrates. Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety 68(2): 286-292. [2,E,M,Ph,X].*

Comber, S.D.W.; Rule, K.L.; Conrad, A.U.; Hoss, S.; Webb, S.F.; Marshall, S. 2008. Bioaccumulation and toxicity of a cationic surfactant (DODMAC) in sediment dwelling freshwater invertebrates. Environmental Pollution 53(1): 184-191. [2,E,M,Ph,X].*

Contardo-Jara, V.; Wiegand, C. 2008. Biotransformation and antioxidant enzymes of Lumbriculus variegatus as biomarkers of contaminated sediment exposure. Chemosphere 70(10): 1879-1888. [2,E,M,Ph,X].*

Corbi, J.J.; Jancso, M.A.; Trivinho-Strixino, S.; Fragoso, E.N. 2004. Ocorrência de Oligochaeta vivendo sobre larvas de Odonata em Ipeúna - Estado de São Paulo, Brasil. [Occurrence of Oligochaeta living on larvae of Odonata from Ipeúna (São Paulo State, Brazil]. [in Portuguese, with English and Portuguese abstracts]. Biota Neotropica 4(2): 1-3. [2,E,F,Ph].

Cover, M.R.; May, C.L.; Dietrich, W.E.; Resh, V.H. 2008. Quantitative linkages among sediment supply, streambed fine sediment, and benthic macroinvertebrates in northern California streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27(1): 135-149. [1,E].

Crottini, A.; Marotta, R.; Barbuto, M.; Casiraghi, M.; Ferraguti, M. 2008. The world in a river? A preliminary analysis of the 16S rDNA variability of Tubifex species (Clitellata: Tubificidae) from the Lambro River. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 1189-1203. [2,E,F,M,TMS]. {added}

Csuzdi, C.; Pavlicek, T.; Misirlioglu, M. 2007. Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae, Criodrilidae and Acanthodrilidae) of Hatay Province, Turkey, with description of three new lumbricids. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53(4): 347-361. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].

Csuzdi, C.; Tondoh, J.E. 2007. New and little-known earthworm species from the Ivory Coast (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae: Benhamiinae and Eudrilidae). Journal of Natural History 41(41-44): 2551-2567. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].

Cui, Y.-D.; Liu, X.-Q.; Wang, H.-Z. 2008. Macrozoobenthic community of Fuxian Lake, the deepest lake of southwest China. Limnologica 38 (2): 116-125. [2,E,F].

Demopoulos, A.W.J.; Fry, B.; Smith, C.R. 2007. Food web structure in exotic and native mangroves: a Hawaii-Puerto Rico comparison. Oecologia 153(3): 675-686. [1,E].*

Dewson, Z.S.; James, A.B.W.; Death, R.G. 2007. Invertebrate community responses to experimentally reduced discharge in small streams of different water quality. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26(4): 754-766. [1,E,M].

Dózsa-Farkas, K.; Boros, G. 2005. Achaeta antefolliculata sp.n., a new enchytraeid species (Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae) from the rock grassland of the Sas-Hegy in Hungary. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 51(4): 279-285. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].

Dózsa-Farkas, K.; Cech, G. 2006. Description of a new Fridericia species (Oligochaeta: Enchytraeidae) and its molecular comparison with two morphologically similar species by PCR-RFLP. Zootaxa 1310: 53-68. [2,3,D,E,F,M,TMS].

Ducrot, V.; Pery, A.R.R.; Queau, H.; Mons, R.; Lafont, M.; Garric, J. 2007. Rearing and estimation of life-cycle parameters of the tubicifid worm Branchiura sowerbyi: Application to ecotoxicity testing. Science of the Total Environment 384(1-3): 252-263. [2,E,M,Ph].*

Elissen, H.J.H. 2007. Sludge reduction by aquatic worms in wastewater treatment with emphasis on the potential application of Lumbriculus variegatus. PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands. [with references; in English, with summaries in English and Dutch]. ISBN 978-90-8504-777-3. 192 pp. [2,E,M,Ph,X].

Elissen, H.J.H.; Peeters, E.T.H.M.; Buys, B.R.; Klapwijk, A.; Rulkens, W. 2008. Population dynamics of free-swimming Annelida in four Dutch wastewater treatment plants in relation to process characteristics. Hydrobiologia 605: 131-142. [2,E,M,Ph].

Entrekin, S.A.; Rosi-Marshall, E.J.; Tank, J.L.; Hoellein, T.J.; Lamberti, G.A. 2007. Macroinvertebrate secondary production in 3 forested streams of the upper Midwest, USA. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26(3): 472-490. [1,E,F].

Erséus, C.; Kvist, S. 2007. COI variation in scandinavian marine species of Tubificoides (Annelida: Clitellata: Tubificidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87(5): 1121-1126. [2,E,M,TMS].*

Erséus, C.; Wetzel, M.J.; Gustavsson, L. 2008. ICZN rules - a farewell to Tubificidae (Annelida, Clitellata). Zootaxa 1744: 66-68. [2,TMS].

Fend, S.V.; Lenat, D.R. 2007. Two new genera of Lumbriculidae (Annelida, Clitellata) from North Carolina, USA. Zootaxa (1666): 1-22. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].

Filgueiras, V.L.; Campos, L.S.; Lavrado, H.P.; Frensel, R.; Pollery, R.C.G. 2007. Vertical distribution of macrobenthic infauna from the shallow sublittoral zone of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica. Polar Biology 30(11): 1439-1447. [2,E,F].*

Filipi, R.; Nesmerak, K.; Rucki, M.; Roth, Z.; Hanzlikova, I.; Tichy, M. 2007. Acute toxicity of rare earth elements and their compounds. Chemicke Listy 101(10): 793-798. [2,E,M,Ph,X].*

Fish, D. 1976. Structure and composition of the aquatic invertebrate community inhabiting epiphytic bromeliads in south Florida and the discovery of an insectivorous bromeliad. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville. ix + 78 pp. [1,E,F].

Frank, J.H.; Fish, D. 2008. Potential biodiversity loss in Florida bromeliad phytotelmata due to Metamasius callizona (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), an invasive species. Florida Entomologist 91(1): 1-8. [2,E,F].

Frank, J.H.; Lounibos, L.P. 1987. Phytotelmata: swamps or islands? Florida Entomologist 70: 14-20. [2,E,F].*

Galizzi, M.C.; Marchese, M. 2007. Decomposition and invertebrate colonization of Tessaria integrifolia (ASTERACEAE) leaves in a secondary channel of the Middle Parana River [Spanish]. Interciencia 32(8): 535-540. [2,E,F].*

Galvan, K.; Fleeger, J.W.; Fry, B. 2008. Stable isotope addition reveals dietary importance of phytoplankton and microphytobenthos to saltmarsh infauna. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 59: 37-49. [2,E,F,M,Ph].*

Gerhardt, A. 2007. Importance of exposure route for behavioural responses in Lumbriculus variegatus Müller (Oligochaeta: Lumbriculida) in short-term exposures to Pb. Environmental Science & Pollution Research 14(6): 430-434. [2,E,M,Ph,X].*

Gherardi, F.; Bertolino, S.; Bodon, M.; Casellato, S.; Cianfanelli, S.; Ferraguti, M.; Lori, E.; Mura, G.; Nocita, A.; Riccardi, N.; Rossetti, G.; Rota, E.; Scalera, R.; Zerunian, S.; Tricarico, E. 2008. Animal xenodiversity in Italian inland waters: distribution, modes of arrival, and pathways [Review]. Biological Invasions 10(4): 435-454. [2,E,Rvw].

Gilbert, M.A.; Granath, W.O., Jr. 2008. Susceptibility of Tubifex tubifex (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) from the Rock Creek drainage of west central Montana, USA, to Myxobolus cerebralis (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Myxobolidae), the causative agent of salmonid whirling disease. Comparative Parasitology 75(1): 92-97. [2,E,M,Ph].*

Glasby, C.J.; Timm, T. 2008. Global diversity of polychaetes (Polychaeta; Annelida) in freshwater. [this is one of many papers published in this special issue of Hydrobiologia: Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. E.V. Falian, C. Léveque, H. Segers, & K. Martens, (eds.)]. Hydrobiologia 595: 107-115. [2,E,F].

Gorni, G.R.; Alves, R.D. 2006. Naididae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) associated with Pomacea bridgesii (Reeve) (Gastropoda, Ampullaridae). [in English, with English and Spanish abstracts]. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 23(4): 1059-1061. [2,E,F].

Gorni, G.R.; Alves, R.D. 2007. Naididae (Annelida, Oligochaeta) associated with briophytes in Brotas, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 24(2): 518-519. [2,E,F].

Gray, D.K.; Johengen, T.H.; Reid, D.F.; MacIsaac, H.J. 2007. Efficacy of open-ocean ballast water exchange as a means of preventing invertebrate invasions between freshwater ports. Limnology & Oceanography 52(6): 2386-2397. [1,E,M].*

Gruberts, D.; Druvietis, I.; Parele, E.; Paidere, J.; Poppels, A.; Prieditis, J.; Skute, A. 2007. Impact of hydrology on aquatic communities of floodplain lakes along the Daugava River (Latvia). Hydrobiologia 584: 223-237. [2,E,F,M].*

Harris, R.M.L.; Armitage, P.D.; Milner, A.M.; Ledger, M.E. 2007. Replicability of physicochemistry and macroinvertebrate assemblages in stream mesocosms: implications for experimental research. Freshwater Biology 52(12): 2434-2443. [1,E,F].

Higgins, C.P.; Mcleod, P.B.; Macmanus-Spencer, L.A.; Luthy, R.G. 2007. Bioaccumulation of perfluorochemicals in sediments by the aquatic oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus. Environmental Science & Technology 41(13): 4600-4606. [2,E,M,Ph,X].*

Hill, J.E.; Watson, C.A. 2007. Diet of the nonindigenous Asian swamp eel in tropical ornamental aquaculture ponds in west-central Florida. North American Journal of Aquaculture 69(2): 139-146. [1,E].*

Hong, Y. 2007. Some new earthworms of the genus Amynthas (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) with male discs from Bogildo Island, Korea. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 114(4): 721-728. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].*

Hong, Y.; James, S.W. 2008. Three new earthworms of the genus Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Mt. Makiling, Luzon Island, Philippines. Zootaxa (1695): 45-52. [2,3,D,E,TMS].

Hong, Y.; James, S.W. 2008. Two new earthworms of the genus Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Mt. Isarog, Luzon Island, Philippines. Journal of Natural History 42(23 & 24): 1565-1571. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].

Hrabe, S. 1963. On Rhyacodrilus lindbergi n. sp., a new cavernicolous species of the fam. Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) from Portugal. Boletim da Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciencias Naturais vol. X (2.a S.): 52-56. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].

Huang, J.; Xu, Q.; Sun, Z.J.; Tang, G.L.; Su, Z.Y. 2007. Identifying earthworms through DNA barcodes. Pedobiologia 51(4): 301-309. [2,E,M,TMS].*

Ibrahim, M.M. 2007. Population dynamics of Chaetogaster limnaei (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in the field populations of freshwater snails and its implications as a potential regulator of trematode larvae community. Parasitology Research 101(1): 25-33. [2,E,F,Ph].*

James, S.W.; Shih, H; Chang, H. 2005. Seven new species of Amynthas (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) and new earthworm records from Taiwan. Journal of Natural History 39(14): 1007-1028. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].*

Jonker, M.T.O.; van der Heijden, S.A. 2007. Bioconcentration factor hydrophobicity cutoff: An artificial phenomenon reconstructed. Environmental Science & Technology 41(21): 7363-7369. [2,E,M,Ph,X].*

Kaygorodova, I.A.; Liventseva, V.G. 2006. Oligochaeta fauna of the Lake Oron. [in Russian, with English and Russian abstracts]. Hydrology of the Basins in South Of East Siberia (Biodiversity of the Baikal Region: Proceedings of the Biology and Soil Department of the Irkutsk State University. 6: 184-187. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].

Kim, B.; Lee, S.E.; Song, M.Y.; Choi, J.H.; Ahn, S.M.; Lee, K.S.; Cho, E.; Chon, T.S.; Koh, S.C. 2008. Implementation of artificial neural networks (ANNs) to analysis of inter-taxa communities of benthic microorganisms and macroinvertebrates in a polluted stream. Science of the Total Environment 390(1): 262-274. [1,E,M,TMS].*

King, R.S.; Richardson, C.J. 2007. Subsidy-stress response of macroinvertebrate community biomass to a phosphorus gradient in an oligotrophic wetland ecosystem. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26(3): 491-508. [2,E,F,Ph].

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Kökmen, S.; Arslan, N.; Filik, C.; Yilmaz, V. 2007. Zoobenthos of Lake Uluabat, a Ramsar site in Turkey, and their relationship with environmental variables. Clean-Soil Air Water 35(3): 266-274. [2,E,F].

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Chessman, B.; Williams, S.; Besley, C. 2007. Bioassessment of streams with macroinvertebrates: effect of sampled habitat and taxonomic resolution. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26(3): 546-565. [2,E,F,M].

Elissen, H.J.H.; Peeters, E.T.H.M.; Buys, B.R.; Klapwijk, A.; Rulkens, W. 2008. Population dynamics of free-swimming Annelida in four Dutch wastewater treatment plants in relation to process characteristics. Hydrobiologia 605: 131-142. [2,E,M,Ph].

Glasby, C.J.; Timm, T. 2008. Global diversity of polychaetes (Polychaeta; Annelida) in freshwater. [this is one of many papers published in this special issue of Hydrobiologia: Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. E.V. Falian, C. Léveque, H. Segers, & K. Martens, (eds.)]. Hydrobiologia 595: 107-115. [2,E,F].

Rouse, G.W.; Pleijel, F. 2007. Annelida. In: Z.-Q. Zhang & W.A. Shear (Eds). Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy [special journal issue; 766 pp.] Zootaxa 1668: 245-264. [2,Rvw,TMS].

Rousset, V.; Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G.W.; Erséus, C.; Siddall, M.E. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of annelids. Cladistics 23: 41-63. [2,M,TMS].

Struck, T.H.; Schult, N.; Kusen, T.; Hickman, E.; Bleidorn, C.; McHugh, D.; Halanych, K.M. 2007. Annelid phylogeny and the status of Sipuncula and Echiura - art. no. 57. [electronic version available via this URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/57]. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 57 [11 pp.]. [2,M,TMS].

Other Polychaeta

Arslan, N. 2006. Records of Aphanoneura and aquatic oligochaetes from Turkey. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin 15(4): 1-6. [2,E,F].

Bartholomew, J.L.; Atkinson, S.D.; Hallett, S.L.; Zielinski, C.M.; Foott, J.S. 2007. Distribution and abundance of the salmonid parasite Parvicapsula minibicornis (Myxozoa) in the Klamath River basin (Oregon-California, USA). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 78(2): 137-146. [2,E,F].*

Bleidorn, C. 2007. The role of character loss in phylogenetic reconstruction as exemplified for the Annelida [Review]. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research 45(4): 299-307. [2,M,RvwTMS].*

Chessman, B.; Williams, S.; Besley, C. 2007. Bioassessment of streams with macroinvertebrates: effect of sampled habitat and taxonomic resolution. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 26(3): 546-565. [2,E,F,M].

Cole V.J.; Chapman M.G. 2007. Patterns of distribution of annelids: taxonomic and spatial inconsistencies between two biogeographic provinces and across multiple spatial scales. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 346: 235-241. [2,E,M,TMS].*

Elissen, H.J.H.; Peeters, E.T.H.M.; Buys, B.R.; Klapwijk, A.; Rulkens, W. 2008. Population dynamics of free-swimming Annelida in four Dutch wastewater treatment plants in relation to process characteristics. Hydrobiologia 605: 131-142. [2,E,M,Ph].

Foott, J.S.; Stone, R.; Wiseman, E.; True, K.; Nichols, K. 2007. Longevity of Ceratomyxa shasta and Parvicapsula minibicornis actinospore infectivity in the Klamath River. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 19(2): 77-83. [2,E,F,Ph].*

Galvan, K.; Fleeger, J.W.; Fry, B. 2008. Stable isotope addition reveals dietary importance of phytoplankton and microphytobenthos to saltmarsh infauna. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 59: 37-49. [2,E,F,M,Ph].*

Glasby, C.J.; Timm, T. 2008. Global diversity of polychaetes (Polychaeta; Annelida) in freshwater. [this is one of many papers published in this special issue of Hydrobiologia: Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. E.V. Falian, C. Léveque, H. Segers, & K. Martens, (eds.)]. Hydrobiologia 595: 107-115. [2,E,F].

Glere, A.; Ebbe, B.; Erséus, C. 2007. Questa (Annelida, Polychaeta, Orbiniidae) from Pacific regions - new species and reassessment of the genus Periquesta. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 7(4): 304-319. [2,3,D,E,M,R,TMS].* Heggoy, K.K.; Schander, C.; Akesson, B. 2007. The phylogeny of the annelid genus Ophryotrocha (Dorvilleidae). Marine Biology Research 3(6): 412-420. [2,M,TMS].*

Jones, W.J.; Johnson, S.B.; Rouse, G.W.; Vrijenhoek, R.C. 2008. Marine worms (genus Osedax) colonize cow bones. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London - Series B: Biological Sciences 275(1633): 387-391. [2,E,F,Ph].*

Kole, M.; Karlsbakk, E.; Nylund, A. 2007. A new genus Gadimyxa with three new species (Myxozoa, Parvicapsulidae) parasitic in marine fish (Gadidae) and the two-host life cycle of Gadimyxa atlantica n. sp. Journal of Parasitology 93(6): 1459-1467. [2,3,D,E,F,Ph,TMS].*

Kupriyanova, E.K.; Rouse, G.W. 2008. Yet another example of paraphyly in Annelida: Molecular evidence that Sabellidae contains Serpulidae. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 46(3): 1174-1181. [2,M,TMS].*

Metcalfe, K.N.; Glasby, C.J. 2008. Diversity of Polychaeta (Annelida) and other worm taxa in mangrove habitats of Darwin Harbour, northern Australia. Journal of Sea Research 59(1-2): 70-82. [2,E,F].*

Morris, S.C.; Peel, J.S. 2008. The earliest annelids: Lower Cambrian polychaetes from the Sirius Passet Lagerstatte, Peary Land, North Greenland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(1): 135-146. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].*

Neira, C.; Levin, L.A.; Grosholz, E.D.; Mendoza, G. 2007. Influence of invasive Spartina growth stages on associated macrofaunal communities. Biological Invasions 9(8): 975-993. [2,E,F].*

Peng, X.T.; Zhou, H.Y.; Tang, S.; Yao, H.Q.; Jiang, L.; Wu, Z.J. 2008. Early-stage mineralization of hydrothermal tubeworms: New insights into the role of microorganisms in the process of mineralization. Chinese Science Bulletin 53(2): 251-261. [2,E,F].*

Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G.W.; Ruta, C.; Wiklund, H.; Nygren, A. 2008. Vrijenhoekia balaenophila, a new hesionid polychaete from a whale fall off California. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152(4): 625-634. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].*

Rouse, G.W.; Pleijel, F. 2007. Annelida. In: Z.-Q. Zhang & W.A. Shear (Eds). Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy [special journal issue; 766 pp.] Zootaxa 1668: 245-264. [2,Rvw,TMS].

Rousset, V.; Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G.W.; Erséus, C.; Siddall, M.E. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of annelids. Cladistics 23: 41-63. [2,M,TMS].

Struck, T.H.; Schult, N.; Kusen, T.; Hickman, E.; Bleidorn, C.; McHugh, D.; Halanych, K.M. 2007. Annelid phylogeny and the status of Sipuncula and Echiura - art. no. 57. [electronic version available via this URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/57]. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 57 [11 pp.]. [2,M,TMS].

Tanaka, K.; Uda, K.; Shimada, M.; Takahashi, K.I.; Gamou, S.; Ellington, W.R.; Suzuki, T. 2007. Evolution of the cytoplasmic and mitochondrial phosphagen kinases unique to annelid groups. Journal of Molecular Evolution 65(5): 616-625. [2,E,M,Ph,TMS].*

MISCELLANEOUS ANNELIDA

Bergter, A.; Hunnekuhl, V.S.; Schniederjans, M.; Paululat, A. 2007. Evolutionary aspects of pattern formation during clitellate muscle development. Evolution & Development 9(6): 602-617. [2,E,Ph,TMS].*

Bleidorn, C. 2007. The role of character loss in phylogenetic reconstruction as exemplified for the Annelida [Review]. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research 45(4): 299-307. [2,M,TMS].*

Cole V.J.; Chapman M.G. 2007. Patterns of distribution of annelids: taxonomic and spatial inconsistencies between two biogeographic provinces and across multiple spatial scales. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 346: 235-241. [2,E,M,TMS].*

Elissen, H.J.H.; Peeters, E.T.H.M.; Buys, B.R.; Klapwijk, A.; Rulkens, W. 2008. Population dynamics of free-swimming Annelida in four Dutch wastewater treatment plants in relation to process characteristics. Hydrobiologia 605: 131-142. [2,E,M,Ph].

Erséus, C.; M.J. Wetzel; Gustavsson, L. 2008. ICZN rules – a farewell to Tubificidae (Annelida, Clitellata). Zootaxa 1744: 66-68. [2,TMS].

Glasby, C.J.; Timm, T. 2008. Global diversity of polychaetes (Polychaeta; Annelida) in freshwater. [this is one of many papers published in this special issue of Hydrobiologia: Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. E.V. Falian, C. Léveque, H. Segers, & K. Martens, (eds.)]. Hydrobiologia 595: 107-115. [2,E,F].

Glere, A.; Ebbe, B.; Erséus, C. 2007. Questa (Annelida, Polychaeta, Orbiniidae) from Pacific regions - new species and reassessment of the genus Periquesta. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 7(4): 304-319. [2,3,D,E,M,R,TMS].*

Kupriyanova, E.K.; Rouse, G.W. 2008. Yet another example of paraphyly in Annelida: Molecular evidence that Sabellidae contains Serpulidae. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 46(3): 1174-1181. [2,M,TMS].*

Martin, P.; Martinez-Ansemil, E.; Pinder, A.; Timm, T.; Wetzel, M.J. 2008. Global diversity of oligochaetous clitellates ("Oligochaeta"; Clitellata) in freshwater. [this is one of many papers published in this special issue of Hydrobiologia: Freshwater Animal Diversity Assessment. E.V. Falian, C. Léveque, H. Segers, & K. Martens, (eds.)]. Hydrobiologia 595: 117-127. [2,E,F].

Morris, S.C.; Peel, J.S. 2008. The earliest annelids: Lower Cambrian polychaetes from the Sirius Passet Lagerstatte, Peary Land, North Greenland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(1): 135-146. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].*

Nesemann, H.; Sharma, S.; Sharma, G.; Khanal, S.N.; Pradhan, B.; Shah, D.N.; Tachamo, R.D. 2007. Aquatic Invertebrates of the Ganga River System, Volume 1 (Mollusca, Annelida, Crustacea [in part]). [ISBN 978-99946-2-674-8; Hardcover; 263 pp.; A4-size; published 10 July 2007, Katmandu, Nepal. Price: Nepali Rupees 1500.; Indian Rupees 1000.; EURO 60.; USD$85.]. [2,3,D,E,F,TMS].

Rouse, G.W.; Pleijel, F. 2007. Annelida. In: Z.-Q. Zhang & W.A. Shear (Eds). Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy [special journal issue; 766 pp.] Zootaxa 1668: 245-264. [2,Rvw,TMS].

Rousset, V.; Pleijel, F.; Rouse, G.W.; Erséus, C.; Siddall, M.E. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of annelids. Cladistics 23: 41-63. [2,M,TMS].

Struck, T.H.; Schult, N.; Kusen, T.; Hickman, E.; Bleidorn, C.; McHugh, D.; Halanych, K.M. 2007. Annelid phylogeny and the status of Sipuncula and Echiura - art. no. 57. [electronic version available via this URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/57]. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 57 [11 pp.]. [2,M,TMS].

ANNELIDA - HIRUDINIDA

PLEASE NOTE: The following section on Hirudinida was compiled by Dr. Donald J. Klemm and Dr. William E. Moser; contact information for Don and Bill is provided at the beginning of this website (above).

Areas of leech studies reviewed in this bibliography include those for both aquatic and terrestrial species, and focus on bioassessment, ecology, embryology, environmental and industrial toxicology, evolution, medicine, morphology, parasitology, physiology, systematics, and taxonomy of leeches. This bibliography is intended to assist students and other biologists by directing them to the most current literature on leeches. It is also provided to assist the user in selecting information from the literature to help in evaluating data collected during studies of water quality, stream ecosystems, and of the effects of toxic substances and other pollutants on the ecological integrity and health of indigenous communities of macroinvertebrates, including the leeches. Researchers should send reprints of their papers to Don Klemm, Bill Moser, and Mark Wetzel to ensure that they are included accurately in future leech bibliographies. The reprints are greatly appreciated.

[ A few supplemental citations contributed by Mark to those compliled by Don and Bill are followed by bracketed codes, and '{added}'; please refer to the explanation in the introductory information provided at the beginning of this website].

Adams, S.L. 2007. The emergency management of a medicinal leech bite. Annals of Emergency Medicine, pp. 316-319.

Baker, D. G. 2007. Biology of trematodes and leeches. Flynn's parasites of laboratory animals. Number: Ed.2, pp. 27-35, 2007. Editors: Baker, D. G. Publisher: Blackwell Publishing , Oxford , UK.

Bandyopadhyay, P. K.; Mandal, C. K. 2006. Studies on a new species of leech of the genus Haemadipsa (Hirudinea: Haemadipsidae) from the Kodair forest of Tamil Nadu, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 106(1): 33-37. Bars, C. F. le. 2006. Biotherapy Part Two: Leeches. Veterinary Times. 36(1): 30-31.

Barsanti Cristina; Pellegrini Monica; Pellegrino Mario. 2006. Regulation of the mechano sensitive cation channels by ATP and cAMP in leech neurons. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1758(5): 666-672.

Baskova I. P.; Zavalova, L. L.; Kostrjukova, E. S.; Titova, G. A.; Lazarev, V. N.; Zgoda V. G. 2007. Proteomic analysis methods for characterization of proteins from the salivary gland secretions of the medicinal leech during different seasons. Biochemistry (Moscow). 72(2): 219-225.

Bolton Toby F.; Hayward, Craig J.; Turner, Alan J. 2006. The Piscicolid leech Austrobdella translucens, Badham, 1916: a new host record from Australian salmon, Arripis trutta (Forster, 1801), and a new locality record for Yellowfin whiting, Sillago schomburgkii, Peters 1864, in South Australia. Australian Zoologist. 33(3): 385-387.

Brodfuehrer, P.D.; Kogelnik, A.M.B.;Otto Friesen, W.B.; Cohen, A.H. 2007. Effect of the tail ganglion on swimming activity in the leech. Behavioral and Neural Biology, pp. 162-166.

Burreson, E.M. 2007. Annelida: Hirudinida. In: The Light and Smith manual: Intertidal invertebrates from central California to Oregon, Fourth Edition. Carlton, James T. [Ed.], University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London. 2007: i-xvii, 1-1001. Chapter pagination: 303-309.

Catarsi, S.; Drapeau, P. 2007. Loss of extrasynaptic channel modulation by protein kinase C underlies the selection of serotonin responses in an identified Leech Neuron. Neuron, pp. 275-281.

Cemerikic, D.; Nedeljkov, V.; Galogaza, V.; Beleslin, B.B. 2007. Effects of acid Ca2+ ringer on passive electrical properties and intracellular ion activities in leech retzius neuron. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, pp. 433-451.

Crisp, Kevin M.; Mesce, Karen A. 2006. Beyond the entral pattern generator: amine modulation of decision-making neural pathways descending from the brain of the medicinal leech. Journal of Experimental Biology. 209(9): 1746-1756.

Dierkes, Paul Wilhelm; Wuesten, Hans Joachim; Klees, Guido; Mueller, Ania; Hochstrate, Peter. 2007. Ionic mechanism of ouabain-induced swelling of leech Retzius neurons. Pfluegers Archiv European Journal of Physiology. 452(1): 25-35.

Fan, Ruey-Jane; Friesen, W. Otto. 2006. Characterization of central axon terminals of putative stretch receptors in leeches. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 494(2): 290-302.

Furiness, Sharon; Williams, Julianne I; Nagasawa Kazuya; Burreson, Eugene M. 2007. A collection of fish leeches (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) from Japan and surrounding waters, including redescriptions of three species. Journal of Parasitology. 93(4): 875-883

Gocht, Daniela ; Heinrich, Ralf. 2007. Postactivation inhibition of spontaneously active neurosecretory neurons in the medicinal leech. Journal of comparative physiology. A, Sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology. 2007 Mar., 193(3): 347-361. Publisher: Berlin/Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag.

Gouda, Hanaa A. 2006. The effect of peritrich ciliates on some freshwater leeches from Assiut, Egypt. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 93(3): 143-149.

Grimaldi A, (Reprint); Tettamanti G; Perletti G; Valvassori R; de Eguileor M. 2006. Hematopoietic cell formation in leech wound healing. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 12(24): 3033-3041.

Grosser, C. 2007. Piscicola respirans (Hirudinea: Pisscicolidae) - first record in Saxony-Anhalt. Lauterbornia 59: 39-44. [In German].

Grosser, C.; Moritz, G.; Pesic, V. 2007. Dina minuoculata sp. Nov. (Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae) - A new leech species form Montenegro. Lautergornia. 59: 7-18. (In German).

Guan, Gangyun,; Tian, Binqun; Zheng, Xinmin; Li, Shiwen. 2007. Effect of angelica sinensis ligustici leech mixture on the spermatogenesis of experimental varicocele in rats. Wuhan Daxue Xuebao (Yixue Ban). 28(5): 576-579. (In Chinese).

Hadfield, C. A.; Clayton, L. A.; Gore, S. R.; Gaeta, K. A. 2006. Copper sulphate treatment of leeches (Placobdelloides octostriata) in Australian freshwater turtles. Proceedings of the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, Thirteenth Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, pp. 23-27. Conference: Proceedings of the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, Thirteenth Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 23-27 April, 2006. pp.59-60. Editors: Baer, C. K., Publisher: Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians, Chester Heights, USA.

Heckmann, J. G.; Duetsch, M.; Neundoerfer, B.; Duetsch, F.; Hartung, U. 2006. Leech therapy in the treatment of median nerve compression due to forearm haematoma - Authors' reply. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 77(6): pp. 799-800.

Hermansdorfer, J., Lineaweaver, W.; Follansbee, S.; Valauri, F.A.; Uncke, H.J. 2007. Antibiotic sensitivities of Aeromonas hydrophila cultured from medicinal leeches. British Journal of Plastic Surgery, pp. 649-651.

Hirth, Ingolf C; Deitmer, Joachim W. 2006. 5-hydroxytryptamine-mediated increase in glutamate uptake by the leech giant glial cell. Glia 54(8): 786-794.

Hirth, Ingo C.; Britz, Frank C; Deitmer, Joachim, W. 2007. G protein activation by uncaging of GTP-g-S in the leech giant glial cell. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 210(21): 3771-3779.

Hovingh, P. 2006. The leech Haemopis lateromaculata (Hirudinea: Haemopidae): Its North America distribution and additional notes on species description. Canadian Field-Naturalist 120(4): 443-451.

Hughes, J. Leslie; Siddall, Mark E. 2007. A new species of leech from the New York metropolitan area. American Museum Novitates, Number: 3578, pp. 1-6.

Ilan, E.; Haroun, J. 2007. Oxygen-binding properties of extracellular hemoglobin from the leech, Hirudo medicinalis. Effects of pH, cations and temperature. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/Protein Structure and Molecular, pp. 77-83.

Ivanov, Andrei I,; Calabrese, Ronald L. 2006. Graded inhibitory synaptic transmission between leech interneurons: Assessing the roles of two kinetically distinct low-threshold Ca currents. Journal of Neurophysiology (Bethesda), 96(1): 218-234.

Ivanov, Andrei I,; Calabrese, Ronald L. 2006. Spike-mediated and graded inhibitory synaptic transmission between leech interneurons: Evidence for shared release sites. Journal of Neurophysiology (Bethesda), 96(1): 235-251.

Jellies, J.; Kopp D.M.; Geisert, Jr. E.E. 2007. Developmental Regulation of a Glycolipid Epitope on Activ,ely Extending Growth Cones and Central and Peripheral Projections in the Medicinal Leech. Developmental Biology, pp. 691-705.

Johansen, K.M.; Kopp, D.M.; Jellies, J.; Johansen, J. 2007. Tract formation and axon fasciculation of molecularly distinct peripheral neuron subpopulations during leech embryogenesis. Neuron, pp. 559-572.

Kalnins, Martins. 2006. The distribution and ecology of medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758 (Hirudinea : Arhynchobdellae) in Latvia. Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis, 6(1-2): 91-93.

Kami, Haji Gholi; Ebrahimi, Mehregan; Esmaeili, Hamid Reza. 2007. First record of the Sea Turtle leech, Ozobranchus branchiatus, in Iranian coastal waters (Hirudinea: Rhynchobdellida). Zoology in the Middle East , 40: 118 119.

Karrer, T.; Sahley, C.L. 2007. Discriminative conditioning alters food preferences in the leech, Haemopis marmorata. Behavioral and Neural Biology, pp. 311-324.

Kikuchi, Yoshitomo; Graf, Joerg. 2007. Spatial and Temporal Population Dynamics of a Naturally Occurring Two-Species Microbial Community inside the Digestive Tract of the Medicinal Leech. Applied and environmental microbiology AEM. 2007 Mar. 15, 73(6): 1984-1991. Publisher: American Society for Microbiology.

Krstenansky, J.L.; Owen, T.J.; Yates, M.T.; Mao, S.J.T. 2007. Design, synthesis and antithrombin activity for conformationally restricted analogs of peptide anticoagulants based on the C-terminal region of the leech peptide, hirudin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/Protein Structure and Molecular, pp. 53-59.

Kutschera, U. 2007. Leeches underline the need for linnaean taxonomy. Nature (London), 447(7146): 775.

Kutschera, U. 2007. The taxonomic status of dark-pigmented medicinal leeches of the genus Hirudo (Hirudinea: Hirudinidae). Lauterbornia 59: 1-6.

Kutschera, U.; Pfeiffer, I.; Ebermann, E. 2007. The European land leech: biology and DNA-based taxonomy of a rare species that is threatened by climate warming. Naturwissenschaften. 94(12): 967-974. Publisher: Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.

Lee, C. A.; Mehran, R.J.; Lessard, M. L. A.; Kerrigan, C.L. 2007. Leeches: controlled trial in venous compromised rat epigastric flaps. British Journal of Plastic Surgery, pp. 235-238.

Lockery, S.R., Sejnowski, T.J. 2007. A lower bound on the detectability of nonassociative learning in the local bending reflex of the medicinal leech. Behavioral and Neural Biology, pp. 208-224.

Madill, J.A.; Hovingh, P.B. 2007. Freshwater leech (Annelida: Hirudinida) distribution in the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador and adjacent regions: check-list, new records, new pigmentation forms, and Pleistocene refugia (2007) Zootaxa, (1657), pp. 1-21.

Marotta, Roberto; Shain, Daniel H, 2007. Irregular helicoids in leech cocoon membranes. Journal of Structural Biology, 158(3): 336 343.

Martin, Danielle L.; Fried, Bernard; Sherma, Joseph. 2006. High-performance thin-layer chromatographic analysis of neutral lipids and phospholipids in the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis maintained on different diets. Journal of Planar Chromatography - Modern TLC, 19(108): 167-170.

Marvin, Nicole Marie, (Reprint); Crisp Kevin Michael. 2007. Intersegmental interneurons and serotonin-facilitated swimming in the medicinal leech. FASEB Journal 21(6): page A1396. Conference: Experimental Biology 2007 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, April 28-May 02 2007.

McCoy, J Clint; Failey, Elisabeth L.; Price, Steven J.; Dorcas, Michael E, 2007. An assessment of leech parasitism on semi-aquatic turtles in the Western Piedmont of North Carolina. Southeastern Naturalist, 6(2): 191-202.

Negrete, L.H.; Gullo, B.S.; Martin, S.M. 2007. First record of Helobdella hyaline (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) in the mantle cavity of Planorbidae from lentic environments in a Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 67(2): 377-378.

Ngu, Emmanuel Mbaku; Sahley, Christie L.; Muller, Kenneth J. 2007. Reduced axon sprouting after treatment that diminishes microglia accumulation at lesions in the leech CNS. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 503(1): 101-109.

Norris, Brian J.; Weaver, Adam L.; Wenning, Angela; Garcia, Paul S.; Calabrese, Ronald L. 2007. A central pattern generator producing alternative outputs: Pattern, strength, and dynamics of premotor synaptic input to leech heart motor neurons. Journal of Neurophysiology (Bethesda), 98: 2992-3005.

Nowak, Goetz; Schroer, Karsten. 2007. Hirudin - the long and stony way from an anticoagulant peptide in the saliva of medicinal leech to a recombinant drug and beyond - A historical piece. Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 98(1): 116-119.

Oceguera-Figuetoa, A. 2007. A new species of leech of the genus Helobdella (Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) of Catemaco Lake, Veracruz, Maexico. Acta Zoologica Mexicana Nueva-Serie, 23(1): 15-22. (In: Spanish)

Ogawa, K.; Rusinek, O.; Tanaka, M. 2007. New record of the leech Limnotrachelobdella sinensis infecting freshwater fish from Japanese waters. Fish Pathology, 42(2): 85-89.

Park, Daesik; Sung, Ha-Cheol . 2006. Male Hynobius leechii (Amphibia: Hynobiidae) discriminate female reproductive states based on chemical cues. Integrative Biosciences, 10(3): 137-143.

Quigley, Ian K.; Xie, Xuanhua; Shankland, Marty. 2006. Analysis of a Pax group IV gene in the leech. Developmental Biology, 295(1): page: 421, Conference: 65th Annual Meeting of the Society-for-Developmental Biology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA , June 17 -21 2006.

Quigley, Ian K.; Xie, Xuanhua; Shankland, Marty. 2007. Hau-Pax6A expression in the central nervous system of the leech embryo. Publisher: Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, Development genes and evolution. 2007 June, 217(6): 459-468.

Readel, A.M.; Phillips, C.A.; Wetzel, M.J. 2008. Leech parasitism in a turtle assemblage: effects of host and environmental characteristics. Copeia 2008(1): 227-233. {added}

Rio, Rita V. M.; Anderegg, Matthias; Graf ,Joerg. 2007. Characterization of a catalase gene from Aeromonas veronii, the digestive-tract symbiont of the medicinal leech. Microbiology (Reading), 153(1), Part 6: 1897-1906.

Ristori, C.; Cataldo, E.; Zaccardi, M. L.; Traina, G.; Calvani, M.; Lombardo, P.; Scuri, R.; Brunelli, M.. 2006. Acetyl-L-carnitine affects nonassociative learning processes in the leech Hirudo medicinalis. Neuroscience, 142(4): 931-939.

Romano, Antonio; Di Cerbo, Anna Rita. 2007. Leech predation on amphibian eggs. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 53(4): 750-754.

Rose, Tobias; Gras, Heribert; Hoerner, Michael. 2006. Activity-dependent suppression of spontaneous spike generation in the Retzius neurons of the leech Hirudo medicinalis L. Invertebrate Neuroscience, 6(4): 169-176.

Salzet, M.; Wattez, C.; Verger-Bocquet, M.; Beauvillain, J.C.; Malecha, J. 2007. Oxytocin like peptide: a novel epitope colocalized with the FMRFamide-like peptide in the supernumerary neurons of the sex segmental ganglia of leeches-morphological and biochemical characterization; putative anti-diuretic function. Brain Research, pp. 173-184.

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Information first posted by MJW on 27 July 2008; updated (errata corrections) 12 August 2009. 13 January 2011.