''Glossiphonia'' is a genus of
Glossiphoniidae
Glossiphoniidae are a family of freshwater proboscis-bearing leeches. These leeches are generally flattened, and have a poorly defined anterior sucker. Most suck the blood of freshwater vertebrates like amphibians, crocodilians and aquatic tu ...
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The genus was described in 1816 by
James Rawlins Johnson.
It has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ...
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Species:
* ''
Glossiphonia complanata''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Glossiphonia concolor''
(Aphathy, 1888)
* ''
Glossiphonia heteroclita''
(Linnaeus, 1761)
* ''
Glossiphonia lata''
Oka, 1910
* ''
Glossiphonia smaragdina''
Oka, 1910
* ''
Glossiphonia verrucata''
(Müller, 1844)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5142907
Leeches