Raja Ben Ahmed

Tunis El Manar University — TN

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Leech Biology and Applications(27), Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology(9), Species Distribution and Climate Change(7), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology(6), Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry(4)

Publications41 total

Hirudins and ornatins in five species of the genus Placobdella (Annelida: Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae)
2026Open Access
Taxonomy of subtidal marine Polyclads from Tabarka (northwest Tunisia) with remarks on their habitat preferences
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Erpobdellid leeches (Annelida, Clitellata, Hirudinida) from Tunisia: New records with the description of a new Trocheta species
The Catalogue of Life·2026Open Access
Rapid assessment investigation of ascidian species in five localities in the north of Tunisia: new record of three non-indigenous species Polyclinum constellatum Savigny, 1816, Aplidium cf. accarense (Millar, 1953), and Polyandrocarpa zorritensis (Van Name, 1931)
Marine Biodiversity·2025
Assessing the Effect of Polyethylene Microplastics in the Freshwater Leech Erpobdella johanssoni (Annelida, Hirudinida) Through Integrated Biomarkers and Histopathological Analysis
Animals·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Taxonomic update and DNA barcoding of Tunisian nasal leeches (Annelida: Hirudiniformes; Praobdellidae): confirming Limnatis nilotica and revealing a second Limnatis species in North Africa
Invertebrate Systematics·2025
Diversity of freshwater leeches (Annelida: Hirudinida) in the West Bank, Palestine
Zoology in the Middle East·2024· 2 cited
Single but Not Combined In Vitro Exposure to Bisphenol A and Nanoplastics Affects the Cholinergic Function of the Ascidian Ciona robusta
Journal of Xenobiotics·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Diversity of hirudin and hirudin-like factor genes in the North-African medicinal leech, Hirudo troctina
Parasitology Research·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Morphological data and DNA barcoding reveal the presence of the alien freshwater leech Helobdella octatestisaca (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniformes) in North Africa (Tunisia)
Molecular Biology Reports·2024· 4 cited
Diversity of hirudin and hirudin-like factor genes in the North-African medicinal leech, Hirudo troctina
2024Open Access
Florfenicol induces malformations of embryos and causes altered lipid profile, oxidative damage, neurotoxicity, and histological effects on gonads of adult sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus
Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology·2024· 3 cited
Ascidians in the Port of Ghar El Melh (North of Tunisia): A New Record of the Non-native Ascidian Ciona robusta Hoshino and Tokioka 1967
Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation/Advances in science, technology & innovation·2024· 1 cited
Contribution to the Systematic and Biological Study of Macrozoobenthic Communities of Ghar El Melh Lagoon (Northern Tunisia)
Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation/Advances in science, technology & innovation·2024
Spermatogenesis and spermatozoon ultrastructure in the jawed bloodfeeding land leech<i>Haemadipsa japonica</i> (Hirudinida: Hirudiniformes) from Japan
Folia Biologica·2023Open Access
Effects of rare earth element samarium doped zinc oxide nanoparticles on Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819): Filtration rates and histopathology
Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology·2023· 6 cited
Placobdella nabeulensis sp. nov. (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), a new glossiphoniiform leech from Palearctic North Africa
Molecular Biology Reports·2023· 3 cited
Placobdella nabeulensis sp. nov. (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), a new glossiphoniiform leech from Palearctic North Africa
Research Square (Research Square)·2023Open Access
Cadmium exposure induces testicular oxidative damage and histopathological changes in the freshwater leech <i>Limnatis nilotica</i> (Savigny, 1822): the protective role of salicylic acid
African Journal of Aquatic Science·2023· 5 cited
Salicyclic acid against the disruptive effects of cadmium induces oxidative stress and biochemical and histopathological changes in the ovary of the freshwater leech Limnatis nilotica (Savigny, 1822)
Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability·2022· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Saïda Tekaya(12), Piotr Świątek(12), Abdel Halim Harrath(10), Mehrez Gammoudi(8), Ichrak Khaled(6), Łukasz Gajda(5), Christian Müller(4), Issam Saidi(4), Sebastian Kvist(3), Serge Utevsky(3), Tahani El Ayari(3), Safa Melki(3), Yasmina Romdhane(2), A Z Fuchs(2), Nawzet Bouriga(2), Clemens Grosser(2), Karol Małota(2), Saleh Alwasel(2), Aleksander Bielecki(2), Joanna M. Cichocka(2)