Kwetlumye leech

Placobdella kwetlumye

Classification

Class: Clitellata
Order: Rhynchobdellida
Family: Glossiphoniidae

Placobdella is a genus of leeches in the family Glossiphoniidae. Species can grow up to 6. 5 cm in length, have extremely close eyes and mouths located on the rim or near the anterior (front) sucker.

Distribution

Kwetlumye leech — (c) Jason Grant, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jason Grant · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Jason Grant, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jason Grant · CC-BY DescriptionPlacobdella, Wikipedia contributors

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