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Dorsal surface of the leech, Oligobdella biannulata (Moore, 1900), Glossiphoniidae

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William MoserMuseum Specialist


  • Phone: 301-238-1761
  • Fax: 301-238-1833
  • E-mail: moserw@si.edu

  • Mailing and Courier Delivery Address:
    Smithsonian Institution
    Department of Invertebrate Zoology
    Museum Support Center, MRC 534
    4210 Silver Hill Road
    Suitland, MD 20746
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    Responsibilities: Collections care and maintenance, data, website and transaction management, and GIS.

    Education:
    M.S. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
    B.S. University of Nebraska, Lincoln

    Selected Publications:
    Moser, W.E., D.J. Richardson, B.A. Wheeler, K.J. Irwin, B.A. Daniels, S.A. Trauth, and D.J. Klemm. 2008. Placobdella cryptobranchii (Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) on Crytobranchus alleganiensis bishopi (Ozark Hellbender) in Arkansas and Missouri. Comparative Parasitology. 75(1):98-101.

    Moser, W.E., D.J. Klemm, D.J. Richardson, B.A. Wheeler, S.E. Trauth, and B.A. Daniels. 2006. Leeches (Annelida: Hirudinida) of northern Arkansas. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science. 60:84-95.

    Moser, W.E., R.W. Van Devender, and D.J. Klemm. 2005. Life History and Distribution of the Leech Oligobdella biannulata (Moore, 1900) (Euhirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Comparative Parasitology. 72(1):17-21.

    Moser, W.E., R.W. Van Devender, R.R. Montanucci, C.D. Camp and D.J. Klemm. 2005. New Host Data for the Leech Oligobdella biannulata (Euhirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science. 121(1):36-40.

    Govedich, F.R., Moser, W.E. and Davies, R.W. 2004. Euhirudinea (leeches). in Freshwater Invertebrates of the Malaysian Region. Cathy Yule and Yong Hoi Sen (eds). Academy of Sciences Malaysia. 175-190 p.

    Klemm, D.J., B.A. Daniels, W.E. Moser, and R.J.G. Lester. 2003. Biology of the Leech Actinobdella inequiannulata Moore, 1901 (Annelida: Hirudinea: Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae), Parasitic on the White Sucker, Catostomus commersoni Lacepède, 1803, and the Longnose Sucker, Catostomus catostomus Forster, 1773, in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada. Comparative Parasitology. 70(2):20-27.

    Moser, W.E. and S.S. Desser. 1995. Morphological, Histochemical, and Ultrastructural Characterization of the Salivary Glands and Proboscises of Three Species of Glossiphoniid Leeches (Hirudinea: Rhynchobdellida). Journal of Morphology. 225:1-18.

    Moser, W.E. 1995. Placobdella parasitica (Rhychobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) from the Eastern River Cooter (Chelonia: Emydidae) in Oklahoma. 47(1):71-74.

    Moser, W.E. and M.S. Willis. 1994. Predation on gastropods by Placobdella spp. (Clitellata: Rhynchobdellida). The American Midland Naturalist. 132:399-400.

    Moser, W.E. 1991. Leeches (Annelida:Hirudinea) in Central and Western Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences. 28:87-91.

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