Placobdella parasitica explained

Placobdella parasitica is a species of leech found in North America. Leeches are habitual ectoparasites of vertebrates in aquatic environments. Placobdella parasitica is differentiated from other members of the genus Placobdella by its smooth dorsal surface, simple to complicated pigmentation, and abdomen with 8 to 12 stripes.^[1]

External links

• • Sebastian Kvist . Apurva Narechania . Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa . Bella Fuks . Mark E. Siddall . 2011 . Phylogenomics of Reichenowia parasitica, an alphaproteobacterial endosymbiont of the freshwater leech Placobdella parasitica . . 6 . 11 . e28192 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0028192 . 22132238 . 3223239. 2011PLoSO...628192K . free .

Notes and References

1. William E. Moser . Dennis J. Richardson . Charlotte I. Hammond . Eric A. Lazo-Wasem . amp . 2013 . Redescription of Placobdella parasitica (Say, 1824) Moore, 1901 (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae) . . 54 . 2 . 255–262 . 10.3374/014.054.0203. 84944645 .