<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Hirudinea</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Clitellata</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>hirudi</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>leech</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>leeches</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Members of a subclass containing around 650 species of segmented worms characterized by a small sucker, which contains the mouth at the anterior end of the body and a large sucker located at the posterior end, having a flattened body, and being aquatic or living on moist soil. A few species have been used by humans in clinical bloodletting for thousands of years. ]]></note></mads>