Philobdella

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Philobdella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Suborder: Hirudiniformes
Family: Macrobdellidae
Genus: Philobdella
Verrill, 1874

Philobdella [1] is a genus of Nearctic leeches belonging to the family Macrobdellidae. [2]

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Species

ITIS includes the following: [3]

  1. Philobdella floridana (Verrill, 1874) [1]
  2. Philobdella gracilis Moore, 1901 [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Verrill AE (1874) Synopsis of North American freshwater leeches. United States Fisheries Commission Report for 1872–73, Pt. 2. 666–689.
  2. ↑ IRMNG: taxon details: Macrobdellidae (retrieved 28 August 2021)
  3. ↑ "Philobdella". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. ↑ Moore JP (1901) Descriptions of two new leeches from Puerto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 2, 211–222.
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