Erpobdella punctata

• Main Authors: Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro, Kvist, Sebastian, Watson, Sara C., Sankar, Dominic F., Overstreet, Robin M., Siddall, Mark E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Clitellata; Arhynchobdellida; Erpobdellidae; Erpobdella; Erpobdella punctata; Newfoundland; Leech; Figueroa
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5454888; https://zenodo.org/record/5454888

Erpobdella punctata (Leidy, 1870) Figure 22 Erpobdella punctata is widely distributed in North America with highly variable pigmentation patterns (see diagrams in Klemm, 1982; Madill and Hovingh, 2007). The presence of two longitudinal paramedial stripes on the dorsal surface, as well as three pairs of eyespots, two annuli between gonopores and ejaculatory ducts not forming preatrial loops are consistent with the characteristics of E. punctata. Found on the underside of submerged rocks and wood. : Published as part of Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro, Kvist, Sebastian, Watson, Sara C., Sankar, Dominic F., Overstreet, Robin M. & Siddall, Mark E., 2010, Leech Collections from Washington State, with the Description of Two New Species of Placobdella (Annelida: Glossiphoniidae), pp. 1-16 in American Museum Novitates 2010 (3701) on page 12, DOI: 10.1206/3701.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5359186 : {"references": ["Klemm, D. J. 1982. The leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) of North America. Cincinnati, OH: Aquatic Biology Section, Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory. Office of Research and Development, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.", "Madill, J., and P. Hovingh. 2007. Freshwater leech (Annelida: Hirudinida) distribution in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador and adjacent regions: check-list, new records, new pigmentation forms, and Pleistocene refugia. Zootaxa 1657: 1 - 21."]}