Haemopis


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Noun1.Haemopis - leechesHaemopis - leeches        
genus Haemopis
worm genus - a genus of worms
family Hirudinidae, Hirudinidae - a family of Hirudinea
horseleech - any of several large freshwater leeches
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But the largest leech in freshwater is Haemopis marmorata.
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This species diversity includes five widespread Holarctic and Palaearctic species--Hemiclepsis marginata, Helobdella stagnalis, Glossiphonia complanata, Alboglossiphonia heteroclita, and Haemopis sanguisuga; two rare Palaearctic species--Theromyzon maculosum and Helobdella nuda.
New records of Lake Baikal leech fauna: species diversity and spatial distribution in Chivyrkuy Gulf
Olfaction and prey search in the carnivorous leech Haemopis marmorata.
The mismeasure of behavior: a natural history revision of prey preference in the banded tulip snail

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