Alboglossiphonia heteroclita

Alboglossiphonia heteroclita is a species of leeches belonging to the family Glossiphoniidae.[1] It is distributed across the Holarctic region, in North America and Eurasia.[2][3] The species is a predator, feeding on freshwater invertebrates, including gastropods, isopods, and certain oligochaetes. They employ a sit-and-wait hunting strategy, and are usually relatively immobile.[4]

Alboglossiphonia heteroclita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Rhynchobdellida
Family: Glossiphoniidae
Genus: Alboglossiphonia
Species:
A. heteroclita
Binomial name
Alboglossiphonia heteroclita
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms
  • Glossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761)

References

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  1. ^ "Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ Moser, William (1991). "Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) in Central and Western Nebraska". Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies. 155.
  3. ^ Kaygorodova, Irina A.; Mandzyak, Nadezhda; Petryaeva, Ekaterina; Pronin, Nikolay M. (2014-11-27). "Genetic Diversity of Freshwater Leeches in Lake Gusinoe (Eastern Siberia, Russia)". The Scientific World Journal. 2014: e619127. doi:10.1155/2014/619127. ISSN 2356-6140. PMC 4270114. PMID 25544958.
  4. ^ Wrona, F. J.; Calow, P. (1988). "Optimal Feeding in a Freshwater Sit-and-Wait Predator, Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (L.) (Hirudinoidea: Glossiphoniidae)". Functional Ecology. 2 (2): 171–175. Bibcode:1988FuEco...2..171W. doi:10.2307/2389692. ISSN 0269-8463. JSTOR 2389692.