Marvinmeyeria lucida

External morphology

Pigmented heavily with black chromatophores and dark, thin paramediallines, male and female gonopores united in common bursal pore, body smooth, no papillae, length: 15-22mm, one pair of eyes well separated

Internal morphology

6 crop caeca

Habitat & range

Habitat

Freshwater

Region

North America

Recorded from

Canada, Michigan, Nebraska

Biology

Commensal with a variety of bivalves (Sphaeriidae), and gastropods (Helisoma trivolvis)

Original description

Moore, J. E. (1966). New Records of Leeches (Hirudinea) for Saskatchewan. The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 80(1), 59--60

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