''Placobdelloides '' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
found worldwide:
[ ]
* ''
Placobdelloides bancrofti''
(Best, 1931)
* ''
Placobdelloides bdellae''
(Ingram, 1957)
* ''
Placobdelloides emydae''
(Harding, 1924)
* ''
Placobdelloides fimbriata''
(Johansson, 1909)
* ''
Placobdelloides fulva''
(Harding, 1921)
* ''
Placobdelloides horai''
(Baugh, 1960)
* ''
Placobdelloides indica''
(Baugh, 1960)
* ''
Placobdelloides jaegerskioeldi''
(Johansson, 1909)
* ''
Placobdelloides maorica''
(Benham, 1907)
* ''
Placobdelloides multistriata''
(Johansson, 1909)
* ''
Placobdelloides octostriata''
(Grube, 1866)
* ''
Placobdelloides okadai''
(Oka, 1925)
* ''
Placobdelloides okai''
(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''
Trivalairat, Chiangkul & Purivirojkul, 2019
* ''
Placobdelloides stellapapillosa''
Goverdich et al., 2002
* ''
Placobdelloides undulata''
(Harding, 1924)
References
Leeches
Annelid genera
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