Sawyer, Roy T.
Helobdella
Sign in to saveHelobdella is a genus of leeches in the family Glossiphoniidae, the freshwater jawless leeches. They occur worldwide.
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It is catalogued under the topic Glossiphoniidae.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassClitellata
- OrderRhynchobdellida
- FamilyGlossiphoniidae
Habitatfreshwater
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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
- taxon name
- Helobdella
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Helobdella
- taxon author citation
- Blanchard, 1896
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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.
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Annelida
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