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Helobdella

Wikipedia Abstract

Helobdella is a genus of leeches in the family Glossiphoniidae, the freshwater jawless leeches. They occur worldwide. These are small, flat leeches which do not feed on blood. Several species in this genus are used as model organisms in the study of developmental biology. As of 2004 there were approximately 40 described species, with species being described and reclassified continually. Species include:
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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0