FIGURE 6 in Description and taxonomic analysis of a tuberculated turtle leech from the Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA, provisionally identified as Placobdella multilineata Moore, 1953 (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae)

FIGURE 6. Taxonomic features of the Albemarle turtle leech can vary considerably under different conditions of lighting and preservation. Shown is a recently fed, late juvenile specimen (PM-20) from Virginia Beach, VA, photographed as follows. A, in life, under natural light. B, same individual relaxed and preserved in 5 % formalin, under LED light. C, same preserved individual, under ultraviolet light. Scale bar: 2.0 mm.