Hirudinea

(Leeches)

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1973 Harrel

1982 Davis MDCC
[1982 Klemm]
1983 Barclay
1984 Cusak
1988 Howard

1991 Davis
1992 Bayer et al.
[1995 Klemm]

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

notes:

-worldwide distribution (Klemm 1995)

-predator: feeds on small oligochaetes, aquatic insects and possibly other leeches (Hilsenhoff 1963; Thut 1969; Sawyer 1972)

-associated with high levels of organic pollution (Howard 1988)