Placobdella leech in the family Glossiphoniidae, known as freshwater jawless leeches or glossiphoniids.

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Placobdella leech in the family Glossiphoniidae, known as freshwater jawless leeches or glossiphoniids. They are one of the main groups of Rhynchobdellida, true leeches with a proboscis. These leeches are generally flattened, and have a poorly defined anterior sucker. Most suck the blood of freshwater vertebrates like amphibians and aquatic turtles, but some feed on the hemolymph of invertebrates like oligochaetes and water snails instead.

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Keywords: blood, close-, closeup, color, colour, glossiphoniidae, horizontal, invertebrate, leech, macro, parasite, placobdella, sucker