''Placobdelloides '' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
glossophoniid leeches.
Description
Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, waterfowl, fish, amphibians, turtles, crocodiles or mammals.
Species
The genus includes 17
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
found worldwide:
[ ]
* ''
Placobdelloides bancrofti''
(Best, 1931)
* ''
Placobdelloides bdellae''
(Ingram, 1957)
* ''
Placobdelloides emydae''
(Harding, 1924)
* ''
Placobdelloides fimbriata''
(Johansson, 1909)
* ''
Placobdelloides fulva''
(Harding, 1921)
* ''
Placobdelloides horai''
(Baugh, 1960)
* ''
Placobdelloides indica''
(Baugh, 1960)
* ''
Placobdelloides jaegerskioeldi''
(Johansson, 1909)
* ''
Placobdelloides maorica''
(Benham, 1907)
* ''
Placobdelloides multistriata''
(Johansson, 1909)
* ''
Placobdelloides octostriata''
(Grube, 1866)
* ''
Placobdelloides okadai''
(Oka, 1925)
* ''
Placobdelloides okai''
(Soós, 1969)
* ''
Placobdelloides siamensis
''Placobdelloides '' is a genus of glossophoniid leeches.
Description
Species of ''Placobdelloides'' lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, w ...
''
(Oka, 1917)
* ''
Placobdelloides sirikanchanae''
Trivalairat, Chiangkul & Purivirojkul, 2019
* ''
Placobdelloides stellapapillosa''
Goverdich et al., 2002
* ''
Placobdelloides undulata''
(Harding, 1924)
References
Glossiphoniidae
Annelid genera
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