The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Hirudinea

(Leeches)

PISCICOLIDAE

Myzobdella reducta (Meyer)

 

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Synonyms:  Piscicolaria reducta Meyer
                                          (Harrel 1973)

 

 

 
Distribution Citations

1973 Harrel

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

notes:

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

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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