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Helobdella robusta

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Species of annelid

Helobdella robusta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Rhynchobdellida
Family: Glossiphoniidae
Genus: Helobdella
Species: H. robusta
Binomial name
Helobdella robusta
Shankland, Bissen & Weisblat, 1992

Helobdella robusta is a leech of the family Glossiphoniidae. Its genome has been sequenced by the Joint Genome Institute, and its early development has been studied extensively. Helobdella leeches called "H. robusta" in literature may not all be from the same species, though they are closely related. At least two species originally termed H. robusta are present at the same locality, the Sacramento River at the Sacramento Fairgrounds. Another closely related leech is now called Helobdella sp. (Austin).

References

  1. "JGI: Helobdella robusta".
  2. Weisblat, DA (2007). "Asymmetric cell divisions in the early embryo of the leech Helobdella robusta". Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology. 45: 79–95. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-69161-7_4. ISBN 978-3-540-69160-0. PMID 17585497. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Bely, AE and Weisblat, DA (2006). "Lessons from leeches: a call for DNA barcoding in the lab". Evolution and Development 8:491-501
  4. Kuo, D and Weisblat, DA (2011). "Intermediate filament genes as differentiation markers in the leech Helobdella". Development Genes and Evolution 221:225=240
Taxon identifiers
Helobdella robusta
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