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Placobdella appalachiensis
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Brown with 6 rows of papillae, many thin unpigmented lines, white nuchal band, small genital white bar and genitcal patch with a few scattered patches in between, no pre-anal papillae
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Smyth County Virginia
Biology
Hellbender parasite
Original description
Hopkins, William A., William E. Moser, David W. Garst, Dennis J. Richardson, Charlotte I. Hammond & Eric A. Lazo-Wasem. 2014. Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of leech (Glossiphoniidae, Hirudinida): Implications for the health of its imperiled amphibian host (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis). ZooKeys 378: 83-101.