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🪱Hirudo medicinalis
En lægeigle eller blodigle (Hirudo medicinalis) er en ledorm med tre kæber. Den kan forveksles med hesteiglen (Haemopis sanguisuga), men hesteiglen kan ikke bide gennem menneskehud. Blodigler lever i ferskvand. Arten er ikke særlig hårdfør og det er usikkert om den egentlig hører hjemme i nordisk natur, eller om den har fået menneskelig hjælp til spredningen, fordi iglerne har været værdifulde i medicinsk sammenhæng. Spredningen har i givet fald fundet sted for flere hundrede år siden. Blodiglen er på den danske rødliste over truede dyrearter.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
IUCN Red List assessment, 2014.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumAnnelida
- ›classClitellata
- ›orderArhynchobdellida
- ›familyHirudinidae
- ›genusHirudo
- ›speciesHirudo medicinalis
- phylumSegmented worms · Annelida
- subclassHirudinea
- orderHirudinida
- suborderHirudiniformes
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumSegmented worms · Annelida
- classClitellata
- subclassHirudinea
- orderHirudinida
- suborderHirudiniformes
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