Glossiphoniidae

[‚glä·sə·fə′nī·ə‚dē]

(invertebrate zoology)

A family of small leeches with flattened bodies in the order Rhynchobdellae.

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Glossiphoniidae Bare banks Sphaeriidae Sphaerium sp.

A novel littoral habitat from a riparian invader: implications on stream secondary production and riparian management

The most abundant genus was Helobdella Blanchard, (leeches of the Glossiphoniidae family), which represented 43% of the abundance.

Biomass of macroinvertebrates and physicochemical characteristics of water in an Andean urban wetland of Colombia/Biomassa de macroinvertebrados e caracteristicas fisicas e quimicas da agua em um pantanal urbano dos Andes na Colombia

(Camallanidae); Spinoxyuris oxydoras Petter, 1994 (Pharyngodonidae); Contracaecum Railliet & Henry, 1912 (Anisakidae), Dolops longicauda Heller, 1857 (Argulidae) and Glossiphoniidae gen.

Ecology of parasites of Metynnis lippincottianus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) from the eastern Amazon region, Macapa, State of Amapa, Brazil/Ecologia parasitaria de Metynnis lippincottianus (Characiformes: Serrasalmidae) da regiao da Amazonia oriental, Macapa, Estado do Amapa, Brasil

Morphological analysis revealed six leech species (Table 1: in bold) belonging to two orders (Rhynchobdellida, Arhynchobdellida), three families (Glossiphoniidae, Piscicolidae, and Erpobdellidae) and six genera (Helobdella, Hemiclepsis, Glossiphonia, Alboglossiphonia, Piscicola, and Erpobdella).

Genetic diversity of freshwater leeches in Lake Gusinoe (Eastern Siberia, Russia)

Species St I St II ANNELIDA Oligochaeta Tubificdae Tubifex tubifex 136.5 [+ or -] 369.36 84 [+ or -] 241.42 (Muller) (0-1350) (0-882) Branchiura sowerbyi 15.75 [+ or -] 32.06 6.75 [+ or -] 16.07 (Beddard) (0-108) (0-54) Limnodrillus 0.75 [+ or -] 2.49 0.75 [+ or -] 2.49 hoffmeisteri (0-9) (0-9) Claparede Hirudinea Glossiphoniidae Helobdella sp.

Spatio-temporal variations in the community structure of macrobenthic invertebrate fauna of Gharana Wetland (reserve), Jammu (J&K, India)

Cell dynamics during cocoon secretion in the aquatic leech, Theromyzon tessulatum (Annelida: Clitellata: Glossiphoniidae).

Phylogeny and clitellar morphology of the giant Amazonian earthworm, Rhinodrilus priollii (oligochaeta: glossoscolecidae)

Hyalellidae Hyalella curvispina Mollusca Ancylidae Gundlachia gayana Amnicolidae Littoridina cumingi Physidae Physa chilensis Platyhelminthes Dugessidae Indeterminado Annelida Glossiphoniidae Indeterminado Tubificidae Tubifex sp.

Evaluacion de la calidad de las aguas del estero Limache (Chile central), mediante bioindicadores y bioensayos

Palabras Clave: Hirudinea, Glossiphoniidae, Helobdella, Catemaco, Mexico, sanguijuela.

Especie nueva de sanguijuela del genero Helobdella (Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) del Lago de Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico

Leeches are represented in North America by four families, two of which were found in the Grand Calumet River: Erpobdellidae, which primarily prey upon macroinvertebrates and zooplankton; and Glossiphoniidae, which either prey upon macroinvertebrates or temporarily parasitize fish, turtles, amphibians, or water birds (Davies 1991).