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 Hirudo sp. Common Name: European medicinal leech General distribution: Eurasian Newfoundland: Literature: Blanchard (1896) reports two specimens in the Paris Musée Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle from Newfoundland, location and date missing, and suggests that this species was introduced intentionally by man. No known resident population has been found since 1896 ( Davies 1973 , Madill 1985 ). The specimens reside in vial 149 at the Paris Musée Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle.