Hirudinidae sp. (family)
1 A Striped Leech at Acton, ACT
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| Hirudinidae sp. (family) | trevorpreston | 18 Dec 2020 | |
| Hirudinidae sp. (family) | Roger | 17 Dec 2020 |
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2 comments
18 Dec 2020
Was this leech terrestrial or aquatic? (Looks terrestrial in the photo).
Hopefully in the future I can acquire a key and more information to identify leeches down to genus or species, but at the moment family is the best we can do.
Thanks for the sighting.
Hopefully in the future I can acquire a key and more information to identify leeches down to genus or species, but at the moment family is the best we can do.
Thanks for the sighting.
18 Dec 2020
It was terrestrial, it was on the timber balustrade at the ANBG, so presume it had made it's way up from the rain-forest creek below.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.107172-35.276735
- Altitude 619.8m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Dec 2020 10:07 AM Recorded on
- Roger Recorded by
Collections
- Roger Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hirudinidae sp. (family) Leeches (Hirudinea) Segmented Worms (Annelida) Other Invertebrates
Species information
- Hirudinidae sp. (family) Scientific name
- A Striped Leech Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 760.43m Recorded at altitude
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