Placobdella parasitica

Placobdella parasitica is a species of leech found in North America.^[2] Leeches are habitual ectoparasites of vertebrates in aquatic environments. Placobdella parasitica is differentiated from other members of the genus Placobdella by its smooth dorsal surface, simple to complicated pigmentation, and abdomen with 8 to 12 stripes.^[1]

Placobdella parasitica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Clade:	Pleistoannelida
Clade:	Sedentaria
Class:	Clitellata
Subclass:	Hirudinea
Order:	Rhynchobdellida
Family:	Glossiphoniidae
Genus:	Placobdella
Species:	P. parasitica
Binomial name
Placobdella parasitica (Say, 1824)
Synonyms [1]
Hirudo parasitica Say, 1824