''Alboglossiphonia'' is a genus of ''
Glossiphoniidae
Glossiphoniidae are a family of freshwater proboscis-bearing leeches. These leeches are generally flattened, and have a poorly defined anterior sucker. Most suck the blood of freshwater vertebrates like amphibians, crocodilians and aquatic tur ...
''.
The genus was described in 1976 by E. I. Lukin.
It has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
* ''
Alboglossiphonia australiensis'' (Goddard, 1908)
* ''
Alboglossiphonia heteroclita'' (Linnaeus, 1761)
* ''
Alboglossiphonia inflexa'' (Goddard, 1908)
* ''
Alboglossiphonia intermedia'' (Goddard, 1909)
* ''
Alboglossiphonia masoni'' (Mason, 1974)
* ''
Alboglossiphonia multistriata'' (Mason, 1974)
* ''
Alboglossiphonia tasmaniensis'' (Ingram, 1957)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q21216072
Glossiphoniidae