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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.
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- Hirudinea (leeches)
- Euhirudinea
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- Glossiphoniidae (glossiphoniid leeches)
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- Placobdella appalachiensis
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- William A. Hopkins, William E. Moser, David W. Garst, Dennis J. Richardson, Charlotte I. Hammond, Eric A. Lazo-Wasem
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- Hopkins W, Moser W, Garst D, Richardson D, Hammond C, Lazo-Wasem E (2014) Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of leech (Glossiphoniidae, Hirudinida): Implications for the health of its imperiled amphibian host ( Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) ZooKeys 378: 83–101
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