The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Hirudinea

(Leeches)

GLOSSIPHONIIDAE

Placobdella multilineata Moore

 

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Distribution Citations

1976 Harrel & Duplechin
1977 Sala Gibson Harrel

[1991 Davis]
[1995 Klemm]

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

notes:

-common in southern half of the United States (Klemm GTFA 1982)

-parasitic on turtles and alligators (Klemm 1995)

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                          2010

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