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Leeches
Real worms don't eat bacteria. Leeches are segmented, eucoelomate worms of the phylum Annelida, distinguished from other annelids by anterior and posterior suckers used for locomotion and feeding — on blood or soft body parts of other animals. They are not to be confused with nematodes, which lack these (and most other) features. Leeches are mainly aquatic, but the Asian land leeches are well k...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.141119