Helobdella
Helobdella is a genus of leeches in the family Glossiphoniidae, the freshwater jawless leeches. They occur worldwide.
These are small, flat leeches which do not feed on blood.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Scute-bearing Helobdellas
complexHelobdella stagnalis
European Freshwater Leech
speciesHelobdella europaea
Helobdella austinensis
speciesHelobdella austinensis
Helobdella elongata
speciesHelobdella elongata
Helobdella lineata
speciesHelobdella lineata
Helobdella robusta
speciesHelobdella robusta
Helobdella farmeri
speciesHelobdella farmeri
Helobdella transversa
speciesHelobdella transversa
Helobdella triserialis
speciesHelobdella triserialis
Helobdella papilloprocta
speciesHelobdella papilloprocta
Helobdella gulloae
speciesHelobdella gulloae
Helobdella papillata
speciesHelobdella papillata
Helobdella socimulcensis
speciesHelobdella socimulcensis
Helobdella fusca
speciesHelobdella fusca
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 128527.