Placobdella parasitica is a species of leech found in North America.[2] Leeches are habitual ectoparasites of vertebrates in aquatic environments. Placobdella parasitica is differentiated from other members of the genus Placobdella by its smooth dorsal surface, simple to complicated pigmentation, and abdomen with 8 to 12 stripes.[1]
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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: | Placobdella |
| Species: | P. parasitica
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| Binomial name | |
| Placobdella parasitica (Say, 1824)
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Hirudo parasitica Say, 1824 | |
References
edit- ^ a b William E. Moser; Dennis J. Richardson; Charlotte I. Hammond & Eric A. Lazo-Wasem (2013). "Redescription of Placobdella parasitica (Say, 1824) Moore, 1901 (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 54 (2): 255–262. doi:10.3374/014.054.0203. S2CID 84944645.
- ^ Mark J. Wetzel; Frederic R. Govedich; William E. Moser & Donald J. Klemm (23 October 2020). "Classification and Checklist of the Leeches (Phylum Annelida: Class Clitellata: Subclass Hirudinida) occurring in North America north of Mexico". Illinois Natural History Survey. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
External links
edit- "Placobdella parasitica". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- Sebastian Kvist; Apurva Narechania; Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa; Bella Fuks; Mark E. Siddall (2011). "Phylogenomics of Reichenowia parasitica, an alphaproteobacterial endosymbiont of the freshwater leech Placobdella parasitica". PLoS One. 6 (11): e28192. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...628192K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028192. PMC 3223239. PMID 22132238.
