Haemopis grandis (Verrill 1874)

Madill, Jacqueline & Hovingh, Peter, 2007, Freshwater leech (Annelida: Hirudinida) distribution in the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador and adjacent regions: check-list, new records, new pigmentation forms, and Pleistocene refugia, Zootaxa 1657, pp. 1-21 : 9

Haemopis grandis (Verrill 1874)

Synonym: Mollibdella grandis (Verrill 1874)

General distribution: Eastern North America ( Figure 3 D, Table 2 ).

Newfoundland: Museum specimens: USNM 38612: Fox Island (1927, station 15, accession number 259718, collector Ruby Bere). (See note about Fox Island in Previous Records section.)

Notes on the species. This species is identified by the characteristic pharyngeal musculature associated with the lack of teeth and jaws ( Richardson 1969). A specimen was dissected to examine the internal organs. Haemopis grandis is previously unreported in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Distribution of rare leeches. Circles, 2004 survey; squares, literature locations (Pawlowski 1948, Davies 1973); triangles, museum specimens. A, Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus); B, Theromyzon sp.; C, Haemopis marmorata (Say): circles and squares; Haemopis lateromaculata Mathers: triangles; D, Haemopis grandis (Verrill) and Erpobdella parva (Moore): both museum specimens found at the same site (Fox Island- see text).