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Placobdella parasitica

(Say, 1824)

a leech

GNRUnranked Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.837601

Element CodeIAHIR10050

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumAnnelida

ClassClitellata

OrderRhynchobdellida

FamilyGlossiphoniidae

GenusPlacobdella

Concept Reference

Thorp, J.H. and A.P. Covich. 2001. Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates. Second edition. Academic Press: San Diego, California. 1056 pp.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Ontario	S5	Yes
Saskatchewan	SU	Yes
Manitoba	SU	Yes
Nova Scotia	SU	Yes
Alberta	SU	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
South Carolina	SNR	Yes

Roadless Areas (1)

Arkansas (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Little Blakely	Ouachita National Forest	3,342

References (4)

Klemm, D. J., W. E. Moser and M. J. Wetzel. 2010. Classification and checklist of the leeches (Phylum Annelida: Class Clitellata: Subclass Hirundinidae) occurring in North America north of Mexico. Accessed: 25 June 2010. Online. Available: http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~mjwetzel/FWLeechesNA.html
Moser, W.E., D.J. Klemm, D.J. Richardson, B.A. Wheeler, S.E. Trauth, and B.A. Daniels. 2006. Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinida) of northern Arkansas. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 60:84-95.
Thorp, J.H. and A.P. Covich. 2001. Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates. Second edition. Academic Press: San Diego, California. 1056 pp.
Wetzel, M. J., F. R. Govedich, W. E. Moser, and D. J. Klemm. 2024. Classification and Checklist of Leeches (Phylum Annelida: Class Clitellata: Order Hirudinida) in North America north of Mexico. Online. Available: https://mjwetzel.inhs.illinois.edu/research/leeches-in-north-america-north-of-mexico/