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The life cycle of the Siamese shield leech, Placobdelloides siamensis Oka, 1917
Placobdelloides siamensis is a glossiphoniid leech with a short life cycle. In a laboratory setting, ten mature P. siamensis left their host (a turtle) after feeding for approximately three days and initiated copulation. The adults spent 3–4 days gestating before depositing eggs (272.8±62.9 eggs/clu...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773239/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33378394 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244760 |