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Philobdella gracilis

Philobdella gracilis

Classification

Philobdella gracilis is a species of leech in the family Macrobdellidae found in the central and southern United States. The scientific name is derived from Greek and Latin and could be roughly translated to "slender, beloved leech". Taxonomy Philobdella gracilis was first scientifically described in 1901 by John Percy Moore in The Hirudinea of Illinois, a lengthy article published in the Bulletin of the Illinois State Library of Natural History.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 24