Placobdella parasitica (Say, 1824)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Annelida
- class
- Clitellata
- order
- Rhynchobdellida
- family
- Glossiphoniidae
- genus
- Placobdella
- species
- Placobdella parasitica
Name
- Synonyms
- Hirudo parasitica Say, 1824
- Homonyms
- Placobdella parasitica (Say, 1824)
- Common names
- Noord-Amerikaanse schildpadbloedzuiger in Dutch
- Smooth turtle leech in English
- Smooth Turtle Leech in English
- Smooth Turtle Leech in English
- Smooth turtle leech in English
Bibliographic References
- Moore, J. Percy. (1912). The leeches of Minnesota. Part III. Classification of the leeches of Minnesota. <em>Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. Zoological series.</em> 5: 63-150.
- Moser, W. E.; Richardson, D. J.; Hammond, C. I.; Lazo-Wasem, E. A. (2013). Redescription of Placobdella parasitica(Say, 1824) Moore, 1901 (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae). <em>Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History.</em> 54(2): 255-262. 10.3374/014.054.0203
- Sawyer, Roy T. (2022). Comparative Morphological Analysis of Two Species of Turtle Leeches Coexisting in North America (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae): Embryological Evidence for Character Displacement. <em>Taxonomy (MDPI).</em> 2(2): 160-179. 10.3390/taxonomy2020013
- Sawyer, Roy T., 1986: null. Leech Biology and Behaviour, vol. 2. 419-793.