Genus Helobdella Blanchard, 1896

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• Helobdella Blanchard, R. 1896. Viaggio del dott. A. Borelli nella Republica Argentina e nel Paraguay. XXI. Hirudinees. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 11(263): 1-24.

  Type species:

   Hirudo stagnalis Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Global (except Antarctica).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: N coastal, SW coastal

Diagnosis

One pair of eyes, five or six pairs of gastric caecae, five or six pairs of testisacs, one annulus between gonopores.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)