Macrobdella diplotertia
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| Macrobdella diplotertia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
| Family: | Macrobdellidae |
| Genus: | Macrobdella |
| Species: | M. diplotertia
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| Binomial name | |
| Macrobdella diplotertia Meyer, 1975
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Macrobdella diplotertia, the Ozark highlands leech, is a species of leech found in the southern United States.[1][2]
M. diplotertia was described in 1975 from Missouri, and has since been recorded from Kansas and Arkansas.[3][4] It is believed to be the sister taxon to Macrobdella decora.[5] A diagnostic characteristic is the arrangement of the copulatory gland pores. The species can grow up to 66 millimetres (2.6 in) long.[4]
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