Placobdelloides

Placobdelloides  is a genus of glossophoniid leeches.

Description
Species of Placobdelloides lack a jaw and usually feed with a protrusible proboscis; they are predacious or sanguivorous, or both, on a variety of prey such as shrimps, waterfowl, fish, amphibians, turtles, crocodiles or mammals.

Species
The genus includes 17 species found worldwide:


 * Placobdelloides bancrofti (Best, 1931)
 * Placobdelloides bdellae (Ingram, 1957)
 * Placobdelloides emydae (Harding, 1924)
 * Placobdelloides fimbriata (Johansson, 1909)
 * Placobdelloides fulva (Harding, 1921)
 * Placobdelloides horai (Baugh, 1960)
 * Placobdelloides indica (Baugh, 1960)
 * Placobdelloides jaegerskioeldi (Johansson, 1909)
 * Placobdelloides maorica (Benham, 1907)
 * Placobdelloides multistriata (Johansson, 1909)
 * Placobdelloides octostriata (Grube, 1866)
 * Placobdelloides okadai (Oka, 1925)
 * Placobdelloides okai (Soós, 1969)
 * Placobdelloides siamensis (Oka, 1917)
 * Placobdelloides sirikanchanae Trivalairat, Chiangkul & Purivirojkul, 2019
 * Placobdelloides stellapapillosa Goverdich et al., 2002
 * Placobdelloides undulata (Harding, 1924)