Macrobdella mimicus

August 15, 2019
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An international team of museum scientists led by Anna Phillips, the Smithsonian’s curator of parasitic worms, describe Macrobdella mimicus, the first new species of medicinal leech discovered in over 40 years, in the Aug. 15 issue of the Journal of Parasitology.

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