Philobdella gracilis
Philobdella gracilis
Classification
- Class
- Clitellata
- Order
- Arhynchobdellida
- Family
- Hirudinidae
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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.
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Distribution
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