Hirudinea

(Leeches)

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Synonyms:  Gloiobdella elongata (Castle)
                                           (Klemm 1995)

1974 RET Inc
1976 Harrel & Duplechin
1978 Darville

1980 Darville & Harrel
1982 Buzan
[1982 Klemm]
1984 Cusak
1988 Howard

1991 Davis
1992 Bayer et al.
[1995 Klemm]

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

notes:

-widely distributed but infrequently found (Klemm 1982); difficult to collect (Klemm GTFA 1982)

-feeds on small aquatic insect larvae, oligochaetes and molluscs (Klemm 1995)

-associated with high levels of organic pollution (Sawyer 1974; Klemm 1995)