Sawyer, Roy T.
Helobdella
Sign in to saveHelobdella is a genus of leeches in the family Glossiphoniidae, the freshwater jawless leeches. They occur worldwide.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassClitellata
- OrderRhynchobdellida
- FamilyGlossiphoniidae
Habitatfreshwater
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 165
- With media
- 51
- Family
- Glossiphoniidae
- Collections
- CAS, NCSM, YPM, USNM, CMN
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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Helobdella is a genus of leeches in the family Glossiphoniidae, the freshwater jawless leeches. They occur worldwide.
These are small, flat leeches which do not feed on blood.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Helobdella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.