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Shark Leeches
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Shark Leeches

Pontobdella

Pontobdella is a species of marine leeches with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are covered with tubercles and their primary hosts are rays, sharks, skates, and sawfish.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pontobdella macrothela

speciesPontobdella macrothela

Pontobdella muricata

speciesPontobdella muricata

Pontobdella moorei

speciesPontobdella moorei

Pontobdella novaezealandiae

speciesPontobdella novaezealandiae

Pontobdella californiana

speciesPontobdella californiana

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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 479828.