The European medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis L.: Morphology and occurrence of an endangered species


	Lateral view of an adult, alcohol-preserved H. medicinalis (A) and position of the male (♂) and female (♀) gonopores on the ventral side (B), with the tube-like male copulatory organ outside of the body.

Part of: Kutschera U, Elliott J (2014) The European medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis L.: Morphology and occurrence of an endangered species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90(2): 271-280. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.90.8715