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Helobdella triserialis
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Dorsum with longitudinal stripes many of which are interrupted by circular zones of unpigmented skin, cephalic transverse banding
Internal morphology
5 pairs of crop caeca which have numerous secondary diverticula with a bumpy outline
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America, Europe, South America
- Recorded from
- USA, Canada, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil
Original description
Blanchard, E. (1849). Annelides. in: Cl. Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile. III: 40-72.