Placobdelloides
Placobdelloides is a genus of glossophoniid leeches.
Description
Species of Placobdelloides lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, waterfowl, fish, amphibians, turtles, crocodiles or mammals.Species
The genus includes 17 species found worldwide:- Placobdelloides bancrofti
- Placobdelloides bdellae
- Placobdelloides emydae
- Placobdelloides fimbriata
- Placobdelloides fulva
- Placobdelloides horai
- Placobdelloides indica
- Placobdelloides jaegerskioeldi
- Placobdelloides maorica
- Placobdelloides multistriata
- Placobdelloides octostriata
- Placobdelloides okadai
- Placobdelloides okai
- Placobdelloides siamensis
- Placobdelloides sirikanchanae Trivalairat, Chiangkul & Purivirojkul, 2019
- Placobdelloides stellapapillosa Goverdich et al., 2002
- ''Placobdelloides undulata''