Background We hereby report the first occurrence of Helobdella octatestisaca in North
Africa, specifically in Tunisia, as a likely introduced species from the Neotropical Region …

The description of Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) has emphasized the presence of a
nuchal, chitinous scute located on the dorsal surface in the first third of the body as the …

Ectoparasites such as hematophagous leeches and monogeneans are common in
chelonians, occupying different parts of the body. Thus, the present study aimed to identify …

Leech internal morphology has historically been examined through dissection, serial
sectioning, or whole mounts, techniques that are irreversibly destructive to the specimen …

Abstract The alien Asian leech Barbronia weberi (Blanchard, 1897) was discovered in two
widely separate localities in coastal North Carolina, USA, during an eco-systematic study of …

The freshwater leech family Salifidae Johansson has a Paleotropical range, with a hotspot of
species richness in the Oriental Region, and a few species endemic to Africa, Madagascar …

Hirudinea leeches are obligate parasites on a variety of vertebrates and have recently
gained attention for their medicinal purposes. The present study aimed to improve the …

Freshwater leeches belonging to the family Salifidae (Hirudinea: Erpobdelliformes) are
mostly distributed through tropical and subtropical areas of the Old World but a few species …

The ozobranchid leech, Ozobranchus margoi (Apáthy, 1890), parasite of the loggerhead
turtle, Caretta caretta (Linnæus), was described through a multilevel approach including …

Whitmania pigra Whitman is a non-bloodsucking leech, which is included in the
Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China. As a traditional Chinese medicine, its …