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Theromyzon bifarium
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Dark olive green or olive brown, heavily maculated with aureate blotches of different sizes, gonopores separated by 2 annuli, cylindrical male atrium, paired dorsolateral male ducts which enter the atrium separately, posteriorly directed loop formed by the long common oviduct
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Ontario, Alberta, and BC Canada
Original description
Oosthuizen, J. H.; Davies, R. W. (1993). A new species of Theromyzon (Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae), with a review of the genus in North America. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 71(7): 1311-1318.