''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches.

Description

Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, waterfowl, fish, amphibians, turtles, crocodiles or mammals.

Species

The genus includes 17 species found worldwide: * ''

Placobdelloides bancrofti ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, ...

'' (Best, 1931) * ''

Placobdelloides bdellae ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, ...

'' (Ingram, 1957) * '' Placobdelloides emydae'' (Harding, 1924) * ''

Placobdelloides fimbriata ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, w ...

'' (Johansson, 1909) * '' Placobdelloides fulva'' (Harding, 1921) * ''

Placobdelloides horai ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, w ...

'' (Baugh, 1960) * ''

Placobdelloides indica ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, w ...

'' (Baugh, 1960) * ''

Placobdelloides jaegerskioeldi ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, w ...

'' (Johansson, 1909) * ''

Placobdelloides maorica ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, w ...

'' (Benham, 1907) * ''

Placobdelloides multistriata ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, w ...

'' (Johansson, 1909) * ''

Placobdelloides octostriata ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, w ...

'' (Grube, 1866) * ''

Placobdelloides okadai ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, w ...

'' (Oka, 1925) * ''

Placobdelloides okai ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, w ...

'' (Soós, 1969) * ''

Placobdelloides siamensis ''Placobdelloides siamensis '' is a species of blood-feeding jawless leech in the family Glossiphoniidae.Oka, A. 1917. Zoological Results of a Tour in the Far East, pt. III. Hirudinea. Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, VI, pp. 157-176, pl ...

'' (Oka, 1917) * ''

Placobdelloides sirikanchanae ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, w ...

'' Trivalairat, Chiangkul & Purivirojkul, 2019 * ''

Placobdelloides stellapapillosa ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, w ...

'' Goverdich et al., 2002 * ''

Placobdelloides undulata ''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, w ...

'' (Harding, 1924)

References

Leeches Annelid genera {{Annelid-stub