Macrobdella mimicus Moore, 1953    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Annelida   >   Class Hirudinea   >   Order Arhynchobdellida   >   Family Hirudinidae   >   Genus Macrobdella   

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"An international team of museum scientists led by Anna Phillips, the Smithsonian’s curator of parasitic worms, describe Macrobdella mimicus, the first new species of medicinal leech discovered in over 40 years, in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of Parasitology." (More)

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A Macrobdella mimicus in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/30/2018). Verified by Anna Philips. Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)


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