While the frequent presence of leeches in the mantle cavity of freshwater mussels has been recorded since the second half of the 19th century, it was initially regarded as an accidental phenomenon9. Two leech species inhabiting the mantle cavity of freshwater mussels were reported from North America...
molecular phylogeny new species taxonomy Thailand Introduction “Buffalo leech” is a common name of obligatory blood-feeding ectoparasitic leeches in the genus Hirudinaria Whitman, 1886 and Poecilobdella Blanchard, 1893. Both genera belong to the subfamily Hirudinariinae Sawyer, 1986, and are chara...