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  Genus Erpobdella

Species E. melanostoma

Taxon Information

The Species E. melanostoma 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

• Erpobdella melanostoma, [North America] (Govedich et al., 2010).
• Mooreobdella melanostoma, "reported from the Carolinas... Massachusetts, North Carolina and Louisiana in the United States and Quebec in Canada" (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