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RECORD NUMBER: 36 OF 59Main Title | Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) Found in North American Mollusks. | |||||||||||
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Author | Klemm, Donald J. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Environmental Monitoring and Support Lab.-Cincinnati, OH. | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1976 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA-600/J-76-104; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB80-202344 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Leeches ; Aquatic animals ; Ecology ; Annelida ; Fisheries ; Parasites ; Mussels ; Mollusca ; Snails ; Clams ; Taxonomy ; Distribution(Property) ; North America ; Reprints ; Predators | |||||||||||
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Collation | 16p | |||||||||||
Abstract | Aquatic leeches are important as parasites and predators of many groups of animals. Eleven species are reported living in North American snails and clams, 7 of which are known to behave as parasites, 2 are assumed to be parasitic, and the other 2 are not parasitic. In this paper these leeches are listed, a key is provided to the species, their known molluscan hosts are indicated, and aspects of their taxonomy are dicussed. |