The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Hirudinea

(Leeches)

 

 helobdella

GLOSSIPHONIIDAE

Helobdella sp.

 

Species reported
          from Texas:

 

 

Helobdella elongata

Helobdella fusca

Helobdella lineata

Helobdella papillata

Helobdella punctatolineata

Helobdella stagnalis

 

 

 

 
Distribution Citations*

1965 Wopschall
1969 Dundee & Dundee
1969 Hendricks et al

1971 Kent
1973 Mecom
1974 RET Inc
1976 Browning & Rudy
1977 Bophmfalk
1979 Bass

 

1980 Davis scd-ldr
1981 Bass & Harrel
1982 Howard
1983 Slack & Marcy
1988 Bacak-Clements

2002 Celik
2002 Hogan
2003 Moring
* 4 or 5 species of the genus in North America and the most taxonomically confusing group of leeches in the Americas (Sawyer 1972)

 

*refs are for reports of genus only; species refs not included here; [ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser 
                          2010

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