Macrobdella

Macrobdella is a genus of leeches native to freshwater ecosystems of North America, especially Canada, Mexico, and the United States.^[2] The genus is commonly referred to as North American medicinal leeches.

Macrobdella
Macrobdella decora, the North American Medicinal Leech, in Buckingham, QC.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Clade:	Sedentaria
Class:	Clitellata
Subclass:	Hirudinea
Order:	Arhynchobdellida
Suborder:	Hirudiniformes
Family:	Macrobdellidae
Genus:	Macrobdella Verrill, 1872 [1]

Species

• Macrobdella decora (Say, 1824)^[3]
• Macrobdella diplotertia Meyer, 1975^[4]
• Macrobdella ditetra Moore, 1953^[5]
• Macrobdella mimicus Phillips, Salas-Montiel, Kvist, Oceguera-Figueroa, 2019^[6]
• Macrobdella sestertia Whitman, 1886^[7]