Hirudo+Medicinalis+leech

=Hirudo medicinalis:=
 * **Phylum**: Annelida
 * **Scientific Name:** Hirudo medicinlis
 * **Class:** Clitellata
 * **Location:** They are located in the western and southern European Countries. They are also located in the Ural mountians and countries boarding the northern Mediterranean sea.
 * **Size:** The medicinal leech has a cylindrical, dorsoventrally flattened body divided into 33 or 34 segments.
 * **Habitat:** The medicinal leech is amphibious,needing both land and water, and resides mostly in fresh water. A typical habitat for H. medicinalis would be a small pond with a muddy bottom edges.
 * **Living Requirements:** It has to be able to live on both land and water because if it attaches to an animal that gets out the water it still has to be able live and the other way around.
 * **Lifr Cycle:** These types of leeches breed once during an annual season that spans June through August. It also remains fertile over a period of years,unlike most other leech species. It takes about !4 days for the egg to hatch and out comes a fully formed adult.
 * **Male and Female:** Females
 * **Interesting Facts:** Shadow reflex: The leech is able to detect the movement of shadows above. In 20 to 40 min this leech can consume 10 to 15 milliliters of blood


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