The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Hirudinea

(Leeches)

 

 

 

 

GLOSSIPHONIIDAE

Helobdella fusca (Castle)

 

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Distribution Citations

1973 Harrel
1976 Harrel & Duplechin

1980 Commander
1982 Davis MDCC
[1982 Klemm]
1984 Cusak

1991 Davis
[1995 Klemm]

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

notes:

-more common in lakes and larger ponds (Sawyer 1972)

-predator:  feeds primarily on snails such as Helisoma (Sawyer 1972) and other invertebrates (Klemm 1995)

-also, collected inside host snails; Goniobasis virginica & Ferrissia sp. (Klemm 1982)

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                          2010

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