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1 July 2016 Distribution of the New England Medicinal Leech, Macrobdella sestertia Whitman, 1886 and redeterminations of specimens of Macrobdella (Annelida: Clitellata: Macrobdellidae) at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Anna J. Phillips, Ricardo Salas-Montiel, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa
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Abstract

The complete holdings of Macrobdella species at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History were examined and the identity of 4 specimen lots were redetermined. One of these lots was redetermined as Macrobdella sestertia and represents the first report of this species from New Hampshire. Prior to this report, this species was only known from a few occurrences in eastern Massachusetts and Maine. This is also the first report of this species to be found in sympatry with Macrobdella decora, a more common congener with a widespread distribution.

Anna J. Phillips, Ricardo Salas-Montiel, and Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa "Distribution of the New England Medicinal Leech, Macrobdella sestertia Whitman, 1886 and redeterminations of specimens of Macrobdella (Annelida: Clitellata: Macrobdellidae) at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution," Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 129(1), 103-113, (1 July 2016). https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q2.103
Published: 1 July 2016
KEYWORDS
collections
copulatory glands
geographic range
Hirudinea
taxonomy
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