The potential of aquatic bloodfeeding and nonbloodfeeding leeches as a tool for iDNA characterisation

C Lynggaard, A Oceguera‐Figueroa… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Leeches play important roles in food webs due to their abundance, diversity and feeding
habits. Studies using invertebrate‐derived DNA (iDNA) extracted from leech gut contents to …

Description of a new leech species from North America, Helobdella austinensis n. sp. (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), with observations on its feeding behaviour

U Kutschera, H Langguth, DH Kuo… - Zoosystematics and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater leeches of the genus Helobdella Blanchard 1896 are small, proboscis‐bearing
glossiphoniids of the family Rhynchobdellidae that have been found worldwide. Over the …

[PDF][PDF] Phylogenetic and morphological resolution of the Helobdella stagnalis species-complex (Annelida: Clitellata: Hirudinea)

N Saglam, U Kutschera, R Saunders… - …, 2018 - hirudinea-lamarck1818.com
The glossiphoniid freshwater leech, Helobdella stagnalis, was described by Linnaeus 1758
based on common European specimens. The presence of a brown, chitinous scute on the …

Morphological data and DNA barcoding reveal the presence of the alien freshwater leech Helobdella octatestisaca (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniformes) in North Africa …

R Ben Ahmed, Ł Gajda, P Świątek - Molecular Biology Reports, 2024 - Springer
Background We hereby report the first occurrence of Helobdella octatestisaca in North
Africa, specifically in Tunisia, as a likely introduced species from the Neotropical Region …

An overview of helminths of the European fire-bellied toad Bombina bombina (Amphi-bia, Anura) in the Volga River Basin

IV Chikhlyaev, AB Ruchin - Biosystems Diversity, 2021 - ecology.dp.ua
The helminthofauna of Bombina bombina (Linnaeus, 1761) has been studied to an unequal
degree in different parts of the habitat. Thus, it has been studied in more detail in the west of …

[PDF][PDF] Broad geographic sampling and DNA barcoding do not support the presence of Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)(Clitellata: Glossiphoniidae) in North …

RE Iwama, A Oceguera-Figueroa, D De Carle… - Zootaxa, 2019 - academia.edu
The description of Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) has emphasized the presence of a
nuchal, chitinous scute located on the dorsal surface in the first third of the body as the …

Some like it cold: the glossiphoniid parasites of the Sicilian endemic pond turtle Emys trinacris (Testudines, Emydidae), an example of 'parasite inertia'?

F Marrone, F Sacco, C Kehlmaier… - Journal of Zoological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The freshwater turtles of the genus Emys and some leech species of the family
Glossiphoniidae are the only Palaearctic representatives of primarily Nearctic taxa, which …

[HTML][HTML] Parasitism of Placobdelloides siamensis (Oka, 1917)(Glossiphoniidae: Hirudinea) in Snail-eating Turtles, Malayemys spp., and the effects of host and aquatic …

P Trivalairat, K Chiangkul… - Biodiversity Data …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Siam Shield Leech, Placobdelloides siamensis, is a common leech found on
Malayemys turtles in Thailand. Sixty Snail-eating Turtles (29 Malayemys macrocephala and …

[PDF][PDF] Commensalism, Predation or Parasitism: First report of the leech Helobdella stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758 on yellow-bellied toad, Bombina variegata (Linnaeus …

A Zimić - Ecologica Montenegrina, 2015 - biotaxa.org
Commensalism, Predation or Parasitism: First report of the leech Helobdella stagnalis Linnaeus,
1758 on yellow-bellied toad, Bom Page 1 Ecol. Mont., 2 (1), 2015, 62-63 62 ISSN 2336-9744 …

First reports of leech parasitism in Malagasy anurans

R Rocha, E Borda, F Andreone, GM Rosa - Comparative Parasitology, 2012 - BioOne
Seven isolated cases of haemadipsid leech parasitism in anuran amphibians living in the
rainforests of eastern Madagascar are described. Boophis madagascariensis, Boophis …