Erpobdella
Erpobdella is a genus of leeches in the family Erpobdellidae. Members of the genus have three or four pairs of eyes, but never have true jaws, and are typically long. All members do not feed on blood, but instead are predators of small aquatic invertebrates, which they often swallow whole.
Species
The genus includes species previously classified under the genera Croatobranchus, Mooreobdella, Trocheta and Nephelopsis. These were synonymized into Erpobdella by Sidall after morphogenetic analysis. There are over 30 currently accepted species:Erpobdella adani Erpobdella anoculata Erpobdella bhatiai Nesemann, 2007Erpobdella borisi Chichocka et al., 2015Erpobdella bucera Erpobdella bykowski Erpobdella concolor Annandale, 1913Erpobdella costata Sawyer & Shelley, 1976Erpobdella dubia Erpobdella fervida Erpobdella japonica Erpobdella johanssoni Erpobdella krasense Erpobdella lahontana Hovingh & Klemm, 2000Erpobdella luguensis Liu, 1984Erpobdella melanostoma Erpobdella mestrovi Erpobdella mexicana Erpobdella microstoma Erpobdella monostriata Erpobdella nigricollis Erpobdella obscura Erpobdella octoculata Erpobdella ochoterenai Caballero, 1932Erpobdella punctata Erpobdella quaternaria Erpobdella sibirica Kaygorodova, 2024Erpobdella subviridis Erpobdella testacea Erpobdella tetragon Erpobdella triannulata Moore, 1908Erpobdella vilnensis Erpobdella wuttkei Kutschera, 2004