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

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: MADILL, JACQUELINE, HOVINGH, PETER
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2007
• Subjects: Annelida; Leeches; Hirudinida; Glossiphoniidae; Haemopidae; Hirudinidae; Erpobdellidae; Newfoundland; Labrador; pigmentation patterns; Pleistocene refugia; new record; Canada; Leech
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1657.1.1; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1657.1.1

The freshwater leeches (Hirudinida) in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador were investigated by examining theliterature, the Canadian Museum of Nature and the United States National Museum of Natural History records, and aleech survey. New pigmentation forms are described for Erpobdella puncta...