Erpobdella punctata (Leidy, 1870)

Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro, Kvist, Sebastian, Watson, Sara C., Sankar, Dominic F., Overstreet, Robin M. & Siddall, Mark E., 2010, Leech Collections from Washington State, with the Description of Two New Species of Placobdella (Annelida: Glossiphoniidae), American Museum Novitates 2010 (3701), pp. 1-16 : 12

Erpobdella punctata (Leidy, 1870)

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Erpobdella punctata is widely distributed in North America with highly variable pigmentation patterns (see diagrams in Klemm, 1982; Madill and Hovingh, 2007). The presence of two longitudinal paramedial stripes on the dorsal surface, as well as three pairs of eyespots, two annuli between gonopores and ejaculatory ducts not forming preatrial loops are consistent with the characteristics of E. punctata . Found on the underside of submerged rocks and wood.