{"pk":39767,"title":"Occurrence, distribution and bibliography of the medicinal leech Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820 (Hirudinea, Hirudinidae) in Sicily (Italy)","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The occurrence of the medicinal leech \nHirudo verbana\n in the inland waters of Sicily has been lately overlooked. In the present note, the occurrence and distribution of this species is reviewed based both on the review of the available literature data and field collecting. Although a noteworthy reduction in the distribution range of the species seems to have taken place in Sicily in the course of the XX century, \nHirudo verbana\n was confirmed to be still present in several sites located both within and out of Natura2000 sites. The Sicilian populations of the species should be included in the frame of the monitoring activities established by the Article 17 of the EU Council Directive 92/43/EEC (“Habitats Directive”).","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\n\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"Annelida, EU « Habitats Directive », species monitoring"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0x86r1hm","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Federico","middle_name":"","last_name":"Marrone","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of Palermo","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Domenica","middle_name":"Emanuela","last_name":"Canale","name_suffix":"","institution":"Stazione Ornitologica, c/o University of Palermo, Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), viale delle Scienze Ed. 4, 90128 Palermo, Italy","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2019-05-20T12:08:11Z","date_accepted":"2019-05-20T12:08:11Z","date_published":"2019-06-14T09:27:36Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/biogeographia/article/39767/galley/29951/download/"}]}