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Theromyzon rude
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Olive green with no striped pattern, 2 annuli between gonopores, slightly transparent body with 2 paramedial rows of brown spots on dorsum
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba Canada and Nebraska/Minnesota
Junior synonyms
Theromyzon biannulatum
Original description
Baird, William. (1869). Descriptions of some new suctorial annelids in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1869, 310–318.
Redescription
Oosthuizen, J. & Davies, Ronald. (2011). Redescription of the duck leech, Theromyzon rude (Baird, 1869) (Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 70. 2028-2033.