Macrobdella

Macrobdella is a genus of leeches native to freshwater ecosystems of North America, especially Canada, Mexico, and the United States^[2]. The genus is commonly referred to as North American medicinal leeches.

Species

Macrobdella decora (Say, 1824)^[3]
Macrobdella diplotertia (Meyer, 1975)^[4]
Macrobdella ditetra (Moore, 1953)^[5]
Macrobdella mimicus (Philips, Salas-Montiel, Kvist, Oceguera-Figueroa, 2019)^[6]
Macrobdella sestertia (Whitman, 1886)^[7]

^ "Macrobdella Verrill, 1872". ITIS. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
^ Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; Salas-Montiel, Ricardo; Phillips, Anna J. (July 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". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 129 (1): 103–113. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q2.103. ISSN 0006-324X.
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Macrobdella decora (Say, 1824)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Macrobdella diplotertia". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Macrobdella ditetra". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
^ Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; Kvist, Sebastian; Salas-Montiel, Ricardo; Phillips, Anna J. (15 August 2019). "Phylogenetic Position and Description of a New Species of Medicinal Leech from the Eastern United States". Journal of Parasitology. 105 (4): 587–597. doi:10.1645/18-119. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 31414949.
^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Macrobdella sestertia". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-17.

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