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A new species of leech from the New York metropolitan area

by: Hughes, J. Leslie

Publication date: 2007

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

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

Publisher: New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History

Collection: americanmuseumnaturalhistory; biodiversity

Contributor: American Museum of Natural History Library

Language: English

Rights: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/permissions

Rights-holder: American Museum of Natural History Library

Volume: no. 3578

6 p. : 26 cm

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

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"June 28, 2007."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 5-6)

Abstract: 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.