Hirudinea sp. (Class)
Unidentified Leech at QPRC LGA
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| Hirudinea sp. (Class) | trevorpreston | 23 Apr 2024 | |
| Hirudinea sp. (Class) | turb | 22 Apr 2024 | |
| Unverified | clarehoneydove | 22 Apr 2024 |
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User's notes
Flatworm??? Leech?? Peeking up from between rocks in creek and waving back and forth. At times looked flat underneath.
2 comments
22 Apr 2024
The specimen appears to have annuli, and four dark dorsal stripes, the median pair of which are close and separated by a fine pale line. I am unable to determine details of the number of eyes and so on from the photo. A freshwater leech. Swimming leeches are generally flattened, as you noted.
Location information
- Places Bungendore, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- clarehoneydove Recorded by
Collections
- clarehoneydove Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hirudinea sp. (Class) Leeches (Hirudinea) Segmented Worms (Annelida) Other Invertebrates
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
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Synonyms
Glossiphoniidae sp.
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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