Checklist / Macrobdellidae / Philobdella / Philobdella floridana
Philobdella floridana
· Macrobdellidae
External morphology
20-26 teeth per jaw, dorsum greenish, with gold middorsal stripe, venter orangeish, broken paramedial black pigment
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina
Original description
Verrill, A.E. (1874) Synopsis of North American freshwater leeches. United States Fisheries Commission Report for 1872–73,
Pt. 2, 666–689.
Redescription
Sawyer, Roy. (2019). Description of the Southern swamp leech Philobdella floridana (Verrill, 1874) (Annelida: Hirudinea) from the Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA, with a revision of the species. Zootaxa. 4544. 189. 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.2.3.