From morphology to phylogeny (on the example of study of the fish leeches of Palearctic)

В. М. Епштейн

Keywords: methodology; fish leeches; reproductive system; classification; phylogeny

Abstract

The article considers the methodology of cognition of the fauna of the fish leeches (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) of Palearctic – from description of their appearance to description of the structure of the major organs systems, and more – to construction of a classification of the family at the levels of subfamilies and tribes, to understanding their zoogeography and to working out phylogenetic hypotheses.

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