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Helobdella virginiae
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Body lanceolate; dorsal and ventral surface irregularly pigmented. Papillae not conspicuous. Nuchal scute absent. Eyespots in one pair, punctiform, well-separated from each other.
Internal morphology
Crop with six pairs of digitiform caeca, last pair forming postcaeca. Testisacs in six pairs
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Mexico
Biology
Catemaco Lake
Original description
Oceguera-Figueroa, A new species of leech of the genus Helobdella (Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) of Catemaco Lake, Veracruz, Mexico. (2007). Acta Zoologica Mexicana Nueva Serie, 23(1), 15-22