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Placobdella ali

Hughes & Siddall, 2007 · Glossiphoniidae

Placobdella ali, a leech of the family Glossiphoniidae

External morphology

Large, body with ventral stripes, medial and paramedial series of tubercles on all midbody annuli, tubercles bear a full cap of five to six sensory papillae, 2 pair of prominent paramedial pre-anal papillae followed by 2 rows of 3 papillae

Habitat & range

Habitat
Freshwater
Region
North America
Recorded from
Northeastern USA

Original description

Hughes, J. L. & Mark E. Siddall. 2007. A new species of leech from the New York metropolitan area. American Museum Novitates(3578): 1-6.

doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3578[1:ansolf]2.0.co;2