There are 20 species of leeches living in the wild in the Czech Republic.

Contents

• Species
• See also
• External links

19 species were recorded in Moravia.

Species

Erpobdelliformes

Erpobdellidae

• Erpobdella lineata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Erpobdella nigricollis (Brandes, 1900)
• Erpobdella octoculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Erpobdella testacea (Savigny, 1822)
• Erpobdella vilnensis Liskiewicz, 1927
• Erpobdella bykowskii Gedroyc, 1913

Hirudiniformes

Hirudinidae

• Haemopis sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hirudo medicinalis Linnaeus, 1758

Rhynchobdellida

Glossiphoniidae

• Batracobdella paludosa (Carena, 1824)
• Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Glossiphonia concolor (Apathy, 1888)
• Glossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761)
• Glossiphonia nebulosa (Kalbe, 1964)
• Glossiphonia slovaca (Košel, 1972)
• Helobdella stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hemiclepsis marginata (O. F. Müller, 1774)
• Theromyzon tessulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Piscicolidae

• Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Caspiobdella fadejewi (Epstein, 1961)

See also

• Fauna of the Czech Republic

External links