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Medicinal leech

Animal
Hirudo medicinalis, or the European medicinal leech, is one of several species of leeches used as medicinal leeches. Other species of Hirudo sometimes also used as medicinal leeches include H. orientalis, H. troctina, and H. verbana. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Hirudo medicinalis
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Genus: Hirudo
Phylum: Annelida
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Family: Hirudinidae