Haemopis grandis (Verrill 1874)

Madill, Jacqueline & Hovingh, Peter, 2007, Freshwater leech (Annelida: Hirudinida) distribution in the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador and adjacent regions: check-list, new records, new pigmentation forms, and Pleistocene refugia, Zootaxa 1657, pp. 1-21 : 9

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scientific name	Haemopis grandis (Verrill 1874)
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Synonym: Mollibdella grandis (Verrill 1874)

General distribution: Eastern North America ( Figure 3 View FIGURE 3 D, Table 2 View TABLE 2 ).

Newfoundland: Museum specimens: USNM 38612: Fox Island (1927, station 15, accession number 259718, collector Ruby Bere). ( See note about Fox Island in Previous Records section.)

Notes on the species. This species is identified by the characteristic pharyngeal musculature associated with the lack of teeth and jaws ( Richardson 1969). A specimen was dissected to examine the internal organs. Haemopis grandis is previously unreported in Newfoundland and Labrador.