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Hirudinea
Pics 1 & 2: It was swimming About 1" - 2.5"
In the water..
Spotted on Mar 20, 2013
Submitted on Mar 20, 2013
5 Comments
Glad it didn't get you! I thought it was a flatworm until I saw the segmentation.
Nice photos!.
Thanks jki..
Yup. I guarantee you that is a leech. It's flattened, stream-lined shape suggest it may be of the same order or family as the biting leaches, like the European medical leech (Hirudo medicinalis) or the North American Macrobdella decora.
Yeah, I think so.. But I don't know exactly what species is this.. Thanks drP..
Looks like an annelid, possibly a leech.