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Helobdella chaviensis
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
papillae smaller than width of annuli, white dorsal spots metameric
Internal morphology
5 crop caeca, 6 pairs of testisacs
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- South America
- Recorded from
- Brazil
Original description
Iwama & Arruda, Leeches of the genus Helobdella (Clitellata: Hirudinida) from Sao Paulo, Brazil with descriptions of two new species using micro-computed tomography and a new record of Barbronia weberi (Blanchard 1897). (2016). Zootaxa, 4144(3), 411-429