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Placobdella lamothei
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Venter striped, dorsum with 3 inconspicious longitudinal rows of papillae, small papillae irregularly dispersed in the space not occupied by rows of papillae
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Mexico
Original description
Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro & Mark E. Siddall. 2008. Placobdella lamothei n. sp. (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), a new leech parasite of freshwater turtles from Estando de México, Mexico. Revista Mexicana Biodiversidad 79: 135S-139S.