Freshwater leech (Annelida: Hirudinida) distribution in the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador and adjacent regions: check-list, new records, new pigmentation forms, and Pleistocene refugia Author Madill, Jacqueline Author Hovingh, Peter text Zootaxa 2007 1657 1 21 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.179881 4450f512-2b32-4d43-8291-95a78b92b0b4 1175-5326 179881 Haemopis grandis (Verrill 1874) Synonym: Mollibdella grandis (Verrill 1874) General distribution: Eastern North America ( Figure 3 D, Table 2 ). Newfoundland: Museum specimens: USNM 38612: Fox Island (1927, station 15, accession number 259718, collector Ruby Bere). ( See note about Fox Island in Previous Records section.) Notes on the species. This species is identified by the characteristic pharyngeal musculature associated with the lack of teeth and jaws ( Richardson 1969 ). A specimen was dissected to examine the internal organs. Haemopis grandis is previously unreported in Newfoundland and Labrador.