Turtle leeches are a genus, Ozobranchus, of leeches (Hirudinea) that feed exclusively on the blood of turtles.[2] Only two species – Ozobranchus margoi and Ozobranchus branchiatus – are found in the Atlantic coast of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico. Little is known about these leeches due to difficulties in studying their sea turtle hosts.[3]
^Jürgen Kolb (2013). "Ozobranchus Quatrefages, 1852". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
^Hutchins, Michael, ed., et al. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2003. 978-0-7876-5362-0. pp. 75-83.
^McGowin, Audrey E., et al. "Genetic barcoding of marine leeches (Ozobranchus spp.) from Florida sea turtles and their divergence in host specificity." Molecular Ecology Resources 11.2 (2011): 271-278.
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