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Title: | Medicinal and other leeches (Annelida, Hirudinea) in the Maltese Islands |
Authors: | Savona-Ventura, Charles Sawyer, Roy T. Schembri, Patrick J. |
Keywords: | Annelida -- Malta Leeches -- Malta Rhynchobdellida -- Malta Hirudo medicinalis -- Malta Hirudinidae -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 2000-12 |
Publisher: | NGO Nature Trust |
Citation: | Savona-Ventura, C., Sawyer, R. T., Schembri, P. J. (2000). Medicinal and other leeches (Annelida, Hirudinea) in the Maltese Islands. The Central Mediterranean Naturalist, 3(2), 65-68. |
Abstract: | The identity and possible provenance of the leeches used medicinally in the Maltese Islands since the sixteenth century and particularly during the nineteenth century is discussed. Two haematophagous species have been identified as possible medicinal imports. Five other non-medicinal species of leeches have been identified as either presently occurring in the Maltese Islands, or as having been possibly introduced in the past. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/14961 |
Appears in Collections: | CMN, Volume 3, Part 2 CMN, Volume 3, Part 2 Scholarly Works - FacM&SOG Scholarly Works - FacSciBio |
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