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Phylogenetic analysis of Placobdella (Hirudinea: Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) with consideration of COI variation.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Sept 2017
de Carle Danielle, Oceguera-Figueroa Alejandro, Tessler Michael, Siddall Mark E, Kvist Sebastian
Abstract excerpt
Placobdella is a genus of blood-feeding leeches in the family Glossiphoniidae. Historically, species of Placobdella have posed difficulty for systematists owing to a lack of informative morphological characters and the preponderance of inadequate or incomplete species descriptions. Here, we conduct a phylogenetic analysis of 55 individuals representing 20 of the 24 currently recognized nominal taxa using COI,...
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