Alboglossiphonia heteroclita is a species of leeches belonging to the family Glossiphoniidae.[1] It is distributed across the Holarctic region, in North America and Eurasia.[2][3] The species is a predator, feeding on freshwater invertebrates, including gastropods, isopods, and certain oligochaetes. They employ a sit-and-wait hunting strategy, and are usually relatively immobile.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Order: | Rhynchobdellida |
| Family: | Glossiphoniidae |
| Genus: | Alboglossiphonia |
| Species: | A. heteroclita
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| Binomial name | |
| Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761)
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References
edit- ^ "Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ^ Moser, William (1991). "Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) in Central and Western Nebraska". Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies. 155.
- ^ Kaygorodova, Irina A.; Mandzyak, Nadezhda; Petryaeva, Ekaterina; Pronin, Nikolay M. (2014-11-27). "Genetic Diversity of Freshwater Leeches in Lake Gusinoe (Eastern Siberia, Russia)". The Scientific World Journal. 2014: e619127. doi:10.1155/2014/619127. ISSN 2356-6140. PMC 4270114. PMID 25544958.
- ^ Wrona, F. J.; Calow, P. (1988). "Optimal Feeding in a Freshwater Sit-and-Wait Predator, Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (L.) (Hirudinoidea: Glossiphoniidae)". Functional Ecology. 2 (2): 171–175. Bibcode:1988FuEco...2..171W. doi:10.2307/2389692. ISSN 0269-8463. JSTOR 2389692.