1.            Somites 5-annulate with all annuli equal in length; three pairs of eyes;                             gonopores separated by two annuli; length 100 mm. Preatrial loops of the male                paired ducts simple, not coiled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erpobdella punctata

               Somites 6- or 7-annulate; annuli or unequal length units will be either                subdivided or longer than the others; in any group of six consecutive annuli, at                least one annulus narrower or wider than the others; three or four pairs of                eyes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2.            Four pairs of eyes, two labial and two buccal, of similar size. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

3.            Three and a half to four annuli between gonopores; body heavily blotched with                median stripe; anus large, opening on a conical tubercle; length 60 mm. . . . . .                . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erpobdella dubia

               Three to three and a half annuli between goonopores; nearly pigmentless or                with a few dark spots; anus small, not on tubercle; length 30 mm. . . . . . . . . .                . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erpobdella parva

4.            Three pairs of eyes; gonopores separated by three annuli; length 50 mm. . . . .                . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erpobdella microstoma

               Gonopores separated by 4-4 1/2 annuli; three paris of eyes; length 40 mm. . . .                . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erpobdella tetragon

Key to Species of Erpodella
Modified from Moser, et al. (2016)
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