Hemiclepsis marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
(a leech)

Interactions where Hemiclepsis marginata is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		sucks the blood of			[Pisces]	fishes		The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Hemiclepsis marginata/	Hemiclepsis marginata	a leech					Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood sucker			/Animalia/Chordata/Pisces/	Pisces	fishes

Interactions where Hemiclepsis marginata is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		spreads			Cryptobia borelli	a trypanosome		The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Cryptobia borelli/	Cryptobia borelli	a trypanosome					Animal / vector			/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Hemiclepsis marginata/	Hemiclepsis marginata	a leech								is spread by
		spreads			Cryptobia gurneyorum	a trypanosome		The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Cryptobia gurneyorum/	Cryptobia gurneyorum	a trypanosome					Animal / vector			/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Hemiclepsis marginata/	Hemiclepsis marginata	a leech								is spread by
		spreads			Cryptobia truttae	a trypanosome		The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Cryptobia truttae/	Cryptobia truttae	a trypanosome					Animal / vector			/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Hemiclepsis marginata/	Hemiclepsis marginata	a leech								is spread by
		spreads			Trypanosoma granulosum	a trypanosome		The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Trypanosoma granulosum/	Trypanosoma granulosum	a trypanosome					Animal / vector			/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Hemiclepsis marginata/	Hemiclepsis marginata	a leech								is spread by
		spreads			Trypanosoma percae	a trypanosome		The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Trypanosoma percae/	Trypanosoma percae	a trypanosome					Animal / vector			/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Hemiclepsis marginata/	Hemiclepsis marginata	a leech								is spread by
		spreads			Trypanosoma remaki	a trypanosome		The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Trypanosoma remaki/	Trypanosoma remaki	a trypanosome					Animal / vector			/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Hemiclepsis marginata/	Hemiclepsis marginata	a leech								is spread by
gut		gut is endoparasitised by metacyclic form			Trypanosoma granulosum	a trypanosome		The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Trypanosoma granulosum/	Trypanosoma granulosum	a trypanosome				metacyclic form	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Hemiclepsis marginata/	Hemiclepsis marginata	a leech			gut					metacyclic form endoparasitises gut
gut		gut is endoparasitised by metacyclic form			Trypanosoma percae	a trypanosome		The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Trypanosoma percae/	Trypanosoma percae	a trypanosome				metacyclic form	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Hemiclepsis marginata/	Hemiclepsis marginata	a leech			gut					metacyclic form endoparasitises gut
gut		gut is endoparasitised by metacyclic form			Trypanosoma remaki	a trypanosome		The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Trypanosoma remaki/	Trypanosoma remaki	a trypanosome				metacyclic form	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Hemiclepsis marginata/	Hemiclepsis marginata	a leech			gut					metacyclic form endoparasitises gut
proboscis sheath		proboscis sheath is endoparasitised by metacyclic form			Trypanosoma granulosum	a trypanosome		The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Trypanosoma granulosum/	Trypanosoma granulosum	a trypanosome				metacyclic form	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Hemiclepsis marginata/	Hemiclepsis marginata	a leech			proboscis sheath					metacyclic form endoparasitises proboscis sheath
proboscis sheath		proboscis sheath is endoparasitised by metacyclic form			Trypanosoma percae	a trypanosome		The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Trypanosoma percae/	Trypanosoma percae	a trypanosome				metacyclic form	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Hemiclepsis marginata/	Hemiclepsis marginata	a leech			proboscis sheath					metacyclic form endoparasitises proboscis sheath
proboscis sheath		proboscis sheath is endoparasitised by metacyclic form			Trypanosoma remaki	a trypanosome		The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites, Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	/Protozoa/Mastigophora (Class)/Trypanosoma remaki/	Trypanosoma remaki	a trypanosome				metacyclic form	Animal / parasite / endoparasite			/Animalia/Annelida/Clitellata/Rhynchobdellida/Glossiphoniidae/Hemiclepsis marginata/	Hemiclepsis marginata	a leech			proboscis sheath					metacyclic form endoparasitises proboscis sheath

Author & Year	Title	Source
Canning, E.U., Cox, F.E.G., Croll, N.A. & Lyons, K.M., 1973	The Natural History of Slapton Ley Nature Reserve: VI Studies on Parasites	Field Studies 3: 681-718.

Hemiclepsis marginata (a leech) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hemiclepsis marginata (a leech)
Family	GLOSSIPHONIIDAE (a family of leeches)
Order	RHYNCHOBDELLIDA (an order of leeches)
Infraclass	Euhirudinea (an infraclass of annelids)
Subclass	HIRUDINEA (leeches)
Class	CLITELLATA (a class of annelids)
Phylum	ANNELIDA (segmented worms and leeches)
Superphylum	LOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hemiclepsis marginata (a leech)

Hemiclepsis marginata (a leech) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

RHYNCHOBDELLIDA
(an order of leeches)

HIRUDINEA
(leeches)

ANNELIDA
(segmented worms and leeches)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hemiclepsis marginata (a leech):

RHYNCHOBDELLIDA
(an order of leeches)

HIRUDINEA
(leeches)

ANNELIDA
(segmented worms and leeches)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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