. Fresh-water biology. Freshwater biology. 6s6 FRESH-WATER BIOLOGY 36 (1) Mouth large, occupying entire cavity of sucker; pharynx not forming a proboscis; jaws often present. Suborder Gnathobdellae . 37 37 (54) Eyes typically five pairs on somites II-VI, arranged in a regular sub- marginal arch; complete somites five-ringed; toothed jaws usually present; genital ducts complex, usually with a pro- trusible penis and muscular sheath (atrium) and a vagina of corresponding length; testes strictly paired, usually nine or ten pairs; stomach with at least one pair of spacious ceca; size generally lar
. Fresh-water biology. Freshwater biology. 6s6 FRESH-WATER BIOLOGY 36 (1) Mouth large, occupying entire cavity of sucker; pharynx not forming a proboscis; jaws often present. Suborder Gnathobdellae . 37 37 (54) Eyes typically five pairs on somites II-VI, arranged in a regular sub- marginal arch; complete somites five-ringed; toothed jaws usually present; genital ducts complex, usually with a pro- trusible penis and muscular sheath (atrium) and a vagina of corresponding length; testes strictly paired, usually nine or ten pairs; stomach with at least one pair of spacious ceca; size generally large Family Hirxjdinidae . 38 38 (43) Jaws prominent, teeth numerous, in one series; ceca along entire length of stomach. True blood-suckers 39 39 (42) Copulatory gland pores on somites XIII and XIV; penis conical; dorsum with metameric median red and lateral black spots. Macrobdella Verrill 1872 . 40 40 (41) Genital orifices separated by five annuli. Macrobdella decora (Say) 1824. The species of Macrobdella are the nearest approach in our fauna to the medicinal leech of Europe but at times vary the diet of blood with frogs' eggs and worms. M. decora is well- known as a voracious infester of swimming holes and of drinking places for cattle and has received the name of "; After coitus, during which the copulatory glands fimction, spongy cocoons are formed and deposited to hatch in the mud by the side of ponds and streams. Widely distributed; reported from Maine to Minnesota and from Pennsylvania to Kansas, northward into Canada. Frequently used by physicians instead of imported leeches for blood-letting. Said to be equally effica- cious of the smaller capacity, about 5 gm. It is so powerful that serious results have followed its attacks on legs of children wading in its haunts. Fig. loo^S- Macrobdella decora. Reproductive organs (in part) dissected. at, atnum; cgl, copulatory glands: rfc, ductus ejaculatorius; ep, epidi- dymis; gXI-XlV, ganglia XI to XIV; os
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