Trachelobdella lubrica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Subclass: | Hirudinea |
Order: | Rhynchobdellida |
Family: | Piscicolidae |
Genus: | Trachelobdella |
Species: | T. lubrica
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Binomial name | |
Trachelobdella lubrica (Grube, 1840)
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Trachelobdella lubrica is a species of marine leech in the family Piscicolidae. It is a parasite of fish and has a worldwide distribution in the equatorial belt. It was first described in 1840 by the German zoologist Adolph Eduard Grube, the type locality being Palermo, Sicily, in the Mediterranean Sea.[1]