Glossiphoniid Leeches

Gudenå opstrøms Klostermølle, Jylland, Danmark

Ørn Sø, Silkeborg, Danmark

Ørn Sø, Silkeborg, Danmark

Figure 3.Dorsal surface of Placobdella cryptobranchii. A Living, YPM IZ 06339 B Preserved, YPM IZ 06340. Scale bar equals 2 mm.

Figure 2.Dorsal surface of Placobdella appalachiensis sp. n., Holotype USNM 1232924 collected from an adult eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) from stream reach A3 in southwest Virginia, USA. Scale bar equals 1 mm.

Gudenå opstrøms Klostermølle

Ørn Sø, Silkeborg, Danmark

Ørnsø

Figure 4.Pre-anal papillae of Placobdella cryptobranchii (USNM 1223081). Scale bar equals 0.5 mm.

Figure 3.Ventral surface of Placobdella appalachiensis sp. n., Holotype USNM 1232924 collected from an adult eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) from stream reach A3 in southwest Virginia, USA. Scale bar equals 1 mm.

Gudenå opstrøms Klostermølle

Ørn Sø, Silkeborg, Danmark

Kastbjerg Å

Figure 5.Internal anatomy of Placobdella cryptobranchii (USNM 1223088), ventral view, atrial cornuae (AC), ejaculatory duct (ED), intestinal ceca (IC), ovisac (O), proboscis (Pr), rectum (R),salivary cells (Sc), testisac (T1–T6). Scale bar equals 2 mm.

Figure 4.Internal anatomy of Placobdella appalachiensis sp. n., Paratype USNM 1232939 collected from an adult eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) from stream reach A3 in southwest Virginia, USA. Ventral view, atrial cornuae (AC), ejaculatory duct (ED), intestinal ceca (IC), proboscis (Pr), testisac (T). Scale bar equals 2 mm.

Gudenå opstrøms Klostermølle

Ørn Sø, Silkeborg, Danmark

Kastbjerg Å

Gudenå opstrøms Klostermølle

Ørn Sø, Silkeborg, Danmark

Kastbjerg Å

Gudenå opstrøms Klostermølle

Kastbjerg Å