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Haementeria
Sign in to saveHaementeria is a genus of leeches in the family Glossiphoniidae. The genus was described in 1849 by Filippo De Filippi.
Species
Giant Amazon Leech
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassClitellata
- OrderRhynchobdellida
- FamilyGlossiphoniidae
Observations5
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Glossiphoniidae
- Collections
- USNM, MCZ, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Peru, Trinidad And Tobago, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina
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Haementeria is a genus of leeches in the family Glossiphoniidae. The genus was described in 1849 by Filippo De Filippi.
It has been found in Europe and America.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haementeria” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.