Hirudinea

(Leeches)

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Synonyms:  Illinobdella moorei Meyer
                                          (Harrel & Duplechin 1976; Gruninger Murphy Britton 1977)
                  Myzobdella moorei Meyer & Moore
                                          (Lawrence & Murphy 1967)

1967 Lawrence & Murphy

1976 Harrel & Duplechin
1977 Gruninger Murphy
         Britton

[1982 Klemm]

[1991 Davis]
[1995 Klemm]

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-common and widely distributed in fresh and brackish waters (Klemm GTFA1982)

-all North American species of the family are parasitic on fish and, infrequently, on crustaceans (Wetzel & Gilbert 1982 in Huggins et al. 1982)

-parasitic on fish hosts; Ictalurus punctatus (Lawrence & Murphy 1967;Gruninger, Murphy & Britton 1977), Lepomis spp. and Pomoxis annularis (Gruninger, Murphy & Britton 1977), also on blue crab (Klemm 1995)