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Haemopis marmorata
· Haemopidae
External morphology
Grey dorsum with moderate to heavy black irregular blotching, caudal sucker half the width of widest body part, jaws present, with ventral pigmentation, posterior sucker small, gonopores separated by 5 annuli
Internal morphology
penis sheath loop 25-44 annuli,
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Canada, Eastern USA, Midwestern USA
Original description
Say, Thomas. (1824). Appendix. Part 1.- Natural History. 1. Zoology. In: Keating, W.H.: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the woods, &c. &c. performed in the Year 1823, by order of the hon. J. C. Calhoun, under the Command of Stephen H. Long. Compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, and Colhoun Vol. II. 253-378.