Limnobdella mexicana

External morphology

Two pairs of equal crop caeca in each gastric somite, a broad darker mid-dorsal band flanked on either side—at some distance—by a fine dark longitudinal line, each flank features a light-colored band bordered by a dark zone on both the dorsal and ventral sides, 55mm, upper lip with groove, every 5th annulus depressed

Habitat & range

Habitat

Freshwater

Region

South America, North America

Recorded from

Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil

Junior synonyms

Limnobdella olivacea, Limnobdella profundisculata, Limnobdella tehuacanea, Hirudo lateralis

Original description

Blanchard, Revision des Hirudinees du Musee de Turin. (1893). Bollettino dei Musei Torino, viii(No. 145)

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