A new species of leech from the New York metropolitan area

Title Variants

Alternative: New York leech

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3578

By

Hughes, J. Leslie

Siddall, Mark Edward, 1966-

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2007

Notes

Caption title..

"June 28, 2007."

Placobdella ali, n.sp., a sanguivorous glossiphoniid leech, is described from material collected in Harriman State Park, approximately 50 km north of the island of Manhattan, New York City. The new species resembles Placobdella ornata and could be easily confused with Placobdella papillifera. Dorsal papillation and internal reproductive anatomy distinguish P. ali from existing descriptions of the latter. Ventral pigmentation and salivary anatomy distinguish it from the former.

Subjects

Annelida , Classification , Harriman State Park , Leeches , New York (State) , Placobdella ali

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3578 2007

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3578[1:ANSOLF]2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 150538206