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  Genus Placobdella

Species P. nuchalis

Taxon Information

The Species P. nuchalis has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Placobdella nuchalis, [North America] (Govedich et al., 2010).
• Placobdella nuchalis, "from several localities of the coastal plains in the Carolinas... Kentucky Lake, Paris Landing, Tennessee... Ohio River, Kentucky... Susquehanna River, Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, and the Ogeechee and Conoochee Rivers in Georgia" (Klemm, 1982).

Bibliography

• Govedich, F.R., B.A. Bain, W.E. Moser, S.R. Gelder, R.W. Davies & R.O. Brinkhurst. 2010. Annelida (Clitellata): Oligochaeta, Branchiobdellida, Hirudinida, and Acanthobdellida. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 385-436.
• Klemm, D.J. 1982. Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 177 pp. [Available online]

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System