''Philobdella''
[Verrill AE (1874) Synopsis of North American freshwater leeches. ''United States Fisheries Commission Report for 1872–73, Pt. 2.'' 666–689.] is a genus of
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...
leech
Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worms that comprise the subclass Hirudinea within the phylum Annelida. They are closely related to the oligochaetes, which include the earthworm, and like them have soft, muscular segmented bodie ...
es belonging to the family
Macrobdellidae
Macrobdellidae is a family of Nearctic leeches belonging to the order Arhynchobdellida
Arhynchobdellida, the proboscisless leeches, are a monophyletic order of leeches. They are defined by the lack of the protrusible proboscis that defines the ...
.
Species
ITIS includes the following:
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Philobdella floridana
''Philobdella floridana'' is a species of leech that lives in the most southern parts of the United States. It is known only from Lake Okeechobee in Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Flor ...
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(Verrill, 1874)[
# '']Philobdella gracilis
''Philobdella''Verrill AE (1874) Synopsis of North American freshwater leeches. ''United States Fisheries Commission Report for 1872–73, Pt. 2.'' 666–689. is a genus of Nearctic leeches belonging to the family Macrobdellidae.
Species
ITIS in ...
'' Moore, 1901[Moore JP (1901) Descriptions of two new leeches from Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 2, 211–222.]
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Annelid genera
Leeches