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Myzobdella reducta
· Piscicolidae
External morphology
Body elongate and clavo-fusiform, tegument transparent, no papillae or tubercles or gills, oral sucker small, one pair eyespots on oral sucker, distinct longitudinal stripeing ranging from brown to green
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- USA, Canada
Original description
Meyer MC. A Revision of the Leeches (Piscicolidae) Living on Fresh-Water Fishes of North America. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 1940;59(3):354–376