| Piscicola geometra | |
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| P. geometra parasitizing a river trout | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Order: | Rhynchobdellida |
| Family: | Piscicolidae |
| Genus: | Piscicola |
| Species: | P. geometra
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| Binomial name | |
| Piscicola geometra | |
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Piscicola geometra is a species of leech in the family Piscicolidae. It is an external parasite of marine, brackish and freshwater fishes. It was first described as Hirudo geometra by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in his Systema Naturae in 1758.[1]
- ^ a b Kolb, Jürgen (2018). "Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1761)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 June 2018.