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leech

Hirudinea

Photo by dylanf1
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Field Notes

Description:

leeches are 2 1/2 in long and 1 1/2 mm They belong to the phylum Annelida. Leeches are black they prefer to live on land and particularly in low foliage or in rain forests. That is where I found the leech in the picture above on the forest floor.

Habitat:

forest floor in the rain forest.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
kfox
Nice job! you have a great description. Here is a new piece of information that I just learned. There are no leeches in Singapore anymore. This is a black flatworm.

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Singapore American School Rainforest
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Plant life of the Rainforest
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PublishedMarch 21, 2013

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