Biology, morphology and taxonomy of a snail-feeding leech from North Carolina, USA, provisionally identified as Helobdella lineata (Verrill, 1874) (Glossiphoniidae): First evidence for extra-oral digestion in the Hirudinea Author Sawyer, Roy T. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-05-20 5453 2 151 182 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5453.2.1 journal article 297743 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.2.1 090d2f75-e09b-4a74-ba71-a6f6f3293c39 1175-5326 11233692 B4856FA9-DE2F-4174-8F65-DB927813E48D

TABLE 1. Growth Dynamics, 2008–2019. Recorded body lengths of Helobdella lineata collected on aluminium traps at weekly intervals during the peak reproductive season (16 April–31 May) compiled for the 12 years of the study (see Appendix).

Dates	Mean (mm)	Range (mm)	Number
Apr 16–31	9.9	3.5–18.5	16
May 1–8	7.9	6.5–9.5	15
May 9–15	11.0	8.5–12.5	22
May 16–23	7.1	2.2–15.5	12
May 24–31	8.8	6.5–10.5	4