Macrobdella diplotertia
| Macrobdella diplotertia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
| Family: | Macrobdellidae |
| Genus: | Macrobdella |
| Species: | M. diplotertia
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| Binomial name | |
| Macrobdella diplotertia Meyer, 1975
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Macrobdella diplotertia, the Ozark highlands leech, is a species of leech found in the southern United States.[1][2]
M. diplotertia was described in 1975 from Missouri, and has since been recorded from Kansas and Arkansas.[3][4] It is believed to be the sister taxon to Macrobdella decora.[5] A diagnostic characteristic is the arrangement of the copulatory gland pores. The species can grow up to 66 millimetres (2.6 in) long.[4]
References
- ^ "Macrobdella diplotertia Meyer 1975 - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
- ^ Connior, M.B.; Trauth, S.E. (2010). "Seasonal Activity of the Ozark Highlands Leech, Macrobdella diplotertia (Annelida: Hirudinea) in North-central Arkansas". Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science. 64.
- ^ Poly, William J. (29 Mar 2018). "Range Extension for the Elusive New England Medicinal Leech, Macrobdella sestertia Whitman, 1886 (Hirudinida: Macrobdellidae), in South Carolina, U.S.A., with Notes on Morphology, Coloration, and Biology" (PDF). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 4. 64 (12).
- ^ a b Meyer, Marvin C. (July 1975). "A New Leech, Macrobdella diplotertia sp. n. (Hirudinea: Hirudinidae), from Missouri" (PDF). Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington. 42 (2).
- ^ Phillips, Anna J.; Salas-Montiel, Ricardo; Kvist, Sebastian; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro (2019-08-15). "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.
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