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Erpobdella triannulata
· Erpobdellidae
External morphology
3 pairs of eyespots, 2 pairs of longitudinal lines on dorsal surface, 3 annuli between gonopores.
Internal morphology
ejaculatory ducts forming preatrial loops
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras
Biology
Supposedly the only Erpobdella south of Mexico
Original description
Moore, J. Percy. (1908). The leeches of Lake Amatitlan. In "The Zoology of Lakes Amatitlan and Atitlan, Guatemala, with Special Reference to Ichthyology" by Seth Eugene Meek. Publications of the Field Columbian Museum. Zoology. 7: 199-201.