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Helobdella modesta
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Dorsum light to yellowish grey sometimes with greenish tint, dark spots all over body, triangular eyes, gonopores separated by 1 annulus.
Internal morphology
6 pairs of testisacs, 6 pairs of crop caeca, 6th crop caeca extends to 4th intestinal caecum, 4 pairs of thin curved downward intestinal caeca, rectum s-shaped
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Canada, USA
Biology
Connecticut, New Jersey
Original description
Verrill, A. E. (1872). Descriptions of North American fresh-water Leeches [Art. XIX. Brief Contributions to Zoology from the Museum of Yale College. No. XVll.]. The American journal of science and arts. (series 3) 3(13): 126-139.