Placobdelloides
Placobdelloides is a genus of glossophoniid leeches. Description Species of Placobdelloides lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, waterfowl, fish, amphibians, turtles, crocodiles or mammals. Species The genus includes 17 species found worldwide: Placobdelloides bancrofti (Best, 1931) Placobdelloides bdellae (Ingram, 1957) Placobdelloides emydae (Harding, 1924) Placobdelloides fimbriata (Johansson, 1909) Placobdelloides fulva (Harding, 1921) Placobdelloides horai (Baugh, 1960) Placobdelloides indica (Baugh, 1960) Placobdelloides jaegerskioeldi (Johansson, 1909) Placobdelloides maorica (Benham, 1907) Placobdelloides multistriata (Johansson, 1909) Placobdelloides octostriata (Grube, 1866) Placobdelloides okadai (Oka, 1925) Placobdelloides okai (Soós, 1969) Placobdelloides siamensis (Oka, 1917) Placobdelloides sirikanchanae Trivalairat, Chiangkul & Purivirojkul, 2019 Placobdelloides stellapapillosa Goverdich et al., 2002 Placobdelloides undulata (Harding, 1924) References Glossiphoniidae Annelid genera