Placobdella parasitica
| Placobdella parasitica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Order: | Rhynchobdellida |
| Family: | Glossiphoniidae |
| Genus: | Placobdella |
| Species: | P. parasitica |
| Binomial name | |
| Placobdella parasitica (Say, 1824) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Hirudo parasitica Say, 1824 | |
Placobdella parasitica is a species of leech. Leeches are habitual ectoparasites of vertebrates in aquatic environments. Placobdella parasitica is differentiated from other members of the genus Placobdella by its smooth dorsal surface, simple to complicated pigmentation, and abdomen with 8 to 12 stripes.[1]
References
- 1 2 William E. Moser, Dennis J. Richardson, Charlotte I. Hammond & Eric A. Lazo-Wasem (2013). "Redescription of Placobdella parasitica (Say, 1824) Moore, 1901 (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 54 (2): 255–262. doi:10.3374/014.054.0203.
External links
- Mark E. Siddall. "Descriptions of glossiphoniid leeches". The Leech Lab. American Museum of Natural History.
- Placobdella parasitica at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Sebastian Kvist, Apurva Narechania, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa, Bella Fuks & Mark E. Siddall (2011). "Phylogenomics of Reichenowia parasitica, an alphaproteobacterial endosymbiont of the freshwater leech Placobdella parasitica". PLoS One 6 (11): e28192. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028192. PMC 3223239. PMID 22132238.
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