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Hirudo troctina
· Hirudinidae
External morphology
Dorsum green, 2 orange paramedian stripes thin, venter black
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Europe, Africa
- Recorded from
- Tunisia, Morocco, Azerbaijan
Original description
Johnson, James Rawlins. (1816). A treatise on the medicinal leech: including its medical and natural history, with a description of its anatomical structure: also, remarks upon the diseases, preservation and management of leeches. [book]. 147 pp. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London.