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| image = Philobdella_floridana_(10.11646-zootaxa.4544.2.3)_Figure_1.png
{{Taxobox
| genus = Philobdella
| image = Florida_Leech.jpg‎
| species = floridana
| image_width = 220px
| authority = ([[Addison Emery Verrill|Verrill]], 1874)&nbsp;<ref>{{ITIS |id=69424 |taxon=''Philobdella floridana''}}</ref>
| image_caption = A leech in florida
| display_parents = 4
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| subregnum = [[Eumetazoa]]
| superphylum = [[Lophotrochozoa]]
| phylum = [[Annelida]]
| classis = [[Clitellata]]
| subclassis = '''Hirudinea'''
| subclassis_authority = [[Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|Lamarck]], 1818
| subdivision_ranks = [[Infraclass]]es
| subdivision =
[[Acanthobdellidea]]<br />
[[Euhirudinea]]<br/>
(but see [[#Systematics and taxononytaxonomy|below]])
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'''''Philobdella floridana''''' is a type of [[leech]] that lives in the most southern parts of the united states. It is not much different from other leeches. It is more closely related to the [[horse leech]].
'''''Philobdella floridana''''' is a [[species]] of [[leech]] that lives in the most southern parts of the [[United States]]. It is known only from [[Lake Okeechobee]] in [[Florida]], and is probably conspecific with ''[[Philobdella gracilis]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/~siddall/PEET/sawyer/namerica.html |title=Key to the Freshwater Leeches of North America |publisher=[[American Museum of Natural History]] |accessdate=January 19, 2010}}</ref>


==References==
[[Category:Clitellata]]
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[[Category:Arhynchobdellida]]
[[Category:Invertebrates of the United States]]
[[Category:Animals described in 1874]]

Latest revision as of 16:48, 1 December 2024

Philobdella floridana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Suborder: Hirudiniformes
Family: Macrobdellidae
Genus: Philobdella
Species:
P. floridana
Binomial name
Philobdella floridana
(Verrill, 1874) [1]

Philobdella floridana is a species of leech that lives in the most southern parts of the United States. It is known only from Lake Okeechobee in Florida, and is probably conspecific with Philobdella gracilis.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Philobdella floridana". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ "Key to the Freshwater Leeches of North America". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved January 19, 2010.