Placobdella multilineata Moore, 1953 (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae) from the Gulf Coast Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina major (Agassiz, 1857) (Testudines: Emydidae) in Mississippi, USA
Richardson, Dennis J., McAllister, Chris T., Heaton, Andrew J., Pulis , Eric E., and Moser, William E. 2016. "Placobdella multilineata Moore, 1953 (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae) from the Gulf Coast Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina major (Agassiz, 1857) (Testudines: Emydidae) in Mississippi, USA." Comparative Parasitology, 83, (2) 272–274. https://doi.org/10.1654/4803s.1.
Fourteen individuals of the leech Placobdella niultilineata were found feeding on a Gulf Coast box turtle, Terrapene carolina major, collected in Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.A., representing a new host and state geographic distribution record. This represents the first vouchered report of a leech from any North American box turtle.
