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Macrobdella sestertia
· Macrobdellidae
External morphology
Dark pigment on postero-ventral and ventro-lateral margins of caudal sucker, 24 copulatory gland pores arranged in 4 rows of 6
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Maine, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Massachusetts
Biology
Not seen since 2008
Original description
Whitman, C. O. (1886). The Leeches of Japan. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. (series 2) 26(103): 317-416.