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    Species Accepted

    Macrobdella sestertia Whitman, 1886

    New England Medicinal Leech

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      New England Medicinal Leech English

      Treatments

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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      3 results
      Phillips, Anna J.; Salas-Montiel, Ricardo; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro. (2016). Distribution of the New England Medicinal Leech,Macrobdella sestertia Whitman, 1886 and redeterminations of specimens of Macrobdella (Annelida: Clitellata: Macrobdellidae) at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-129.q2.103 10.2988/0006-324x-129.q2.103
      Whitman, C. O. (1886). The Leeches of Japan. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. (series 2) 26(103): 317-416.
      Smith, Douglas G. (1977). The rediscovery of Macrobdella sestertia Whitman (Hirudinea: Hirudinidae). https://doi.org/10.2307/3279592 10.2307/3279592

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