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
Theromyzon
sp.
Common names:
Waterfowl leech or duck leech
General distribution:
Holarctic (
Figures 2
C, 3B,
Table 1
).
Newfoundland: Museum specimen:
Site 6 (CMNA 2006–0003). The species is undetermined since the gonopore separation could not be deciphered. Maculate pigmentation, especially evident around the dorsal edge. Previously unreported for Newfoundland and Labrador. This taxon is unusually rare for a region with an abundance of waterfowl.