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Placobdella parasitica
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Extremely variable in pigmentation but often with 8-12 brown or green wavy stripes, dorsum relatively smooth or with numerous small sensillae
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Canada, USA
Original description
Say, Thomas. (1824). Appendix. Part 1.- Natural History. 1. Zoology. In: Keating, W.H.: Narrative of an expedition to the source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake of the woods, &c. &c. performed in the Year 1823, by order of the hon. J. C. Calhoun, under the Command of Stephen H. Long. Compiled from the notes of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, and Colhoun. Vol. II. 253-378