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Helobdella serendipitosa
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Dorsum light to yellowish grey sometimes with greenish tint, 1 pair of large circular eyes.
Internal morphology
crop caeca 6 unbranched pairs, 4 pairs thick intestinal caecum curved downward in 1st and 4th pairs, rectum s-shaped
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- USA
Junior synonyms
Helobdella serendipitous
Original description
Saglam, Naim; Kutschera, Ulrich; Saunders, Ralph; Saidel, William M.; Balombini, Katherine L. W; Shain, Daniel H. (2018). Phylogenetic and morphological resolution of the Helobdella stagnalis species-complex (Annelida: Clitellata: Hirudinea). Zootaxa 4403(1): 61-86.