Alboglossiphonia heteroclita is a species of leeches belonging to the family Glossiphoniidae.

[1] It is distributed across the Holarctic region, in North America and Eurasia.

[2][3] The species is a predator, feeding on freshwater invertebrates, including gastropods, isopods, and certain oligochaetes.

They employ a sit-and-wait hunting strategy, and are usually relatively immobile.

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