Hirudinea sp. (Class)

Unidentified Leech at Downer, ACT

Request use of media

Identification history

	Hirudinea sp. (Class)	23 Mar 2021	trevorpreston
	Unverified	22 Mar 2021	TimL

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

The leech was sighted making its way downstream just below the surface of a flowing water drain adjacent to ANBG's Red Centre. All of the images are of the leech below the water surface except for the final image which shows the leech out of the water and turned upside down to show the underside. Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting.

Be the first to comment

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Coordinates 149.107990 -35.274257
Altitude 611.8m
Maps ANBG
Places Downer, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
21 Mar 2021 11:46 AM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by
Collections
Other Invertebrates Leeches (Hirudinea) Segmented Worms (Annelida) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Hirudinea sp. (Class) Scientific name
Unidentified Leech Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1594.02m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning

Record quality

Images or audio
More than one media file
Verified by an expert moderator
Nearby sighting(s) of same species
GPS evidence of location
Description
Additional attributes

829,547 sightings of 22,846 species from 14,351 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy

NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania