The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Hirudinea

(Leeches)

HIRUDINIDAE

Macrobdella ditetra Moore

 

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Distribution Citations

[1972 Sawyer]

[1982 Klemm]

[1991 Davis]
[1995 Klemm]

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

notes:

-common and widely distributed in Gulf states (Klemm GTFA 1982)

-parasitic on frogs (Sawyer 1972)

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