Helobdella lineata

External morphology

Dorsum with 12 longitudinal brown stripes, nearly smooth with few papillae which are small and irregularly scattered, mouth a peculiar slit located closer to the center of the oral sucker than the apex

Internal morphology

5 crop caeca, 6 pairs testisacs, venter unpigmented, very large salivary cells like H. fusca

Habitat & range

Habitat

Freshwater

Region

North America

Recorded from

Canada, USA

Biology

Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia

Original description

Verrill, A E. (1874). Synopsis of North American freshwater leeches. United States Fisheries Commission Report 1872-1873, Pt. 2, 666–689.

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