Hirudinea sp. (Class)
1 Unidentified Leech at Charleys Forest, NSW
Identify this sighting
| Hirudinea sp. (Class) | trevorpreston | 23 Dec 2024 | |
| Unverified | LisaH | 22 Dec 2024 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Leech in situ, hitching a ride on a foot (not mine) after a dip in the creek. (My choice to take a photo of the leech for posting on NatureMapre, before removing it from living flesh, was not popular!)
Be the first to comment
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Charleys Forest, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
Collections
- LisaH 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
-
Synonyms
Glossiphoniidae sp.
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
- Images or audio
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- Description
- More than one media file
- GPS evidence of location
- Additional attributes