Alboglossiphonia heteroclita
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| Alboglossiphonia heteroclita | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Order: | Rhynchobdellida |
| Family: | Glossiphoniidae |
| Genus: | Alboglossiphonia |
| Species: | A. heteroclita |
| Binomial name | |
| Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761) | |
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Alboglossiphonia heteroclita is a species of leeches belonging to the family Glossiphoniidae.[1] It is distributed across the Holarctic region, in North America and Eurasia.[2][3] The species is a predator, feeding on freshwater invertebrates, including gastropods, isopods, and certain oligochaetes. They employ a sit-and-wait hunting strategy, and are usually relatively immobile.[4]