Life History
Evolution
This page provides links to inline images depicting most parsimonious
optimizations of life-history characters of leeches. The cladogram is that of Siddall and Burreson
(1995, Can. J. Zool. in press ). Life history traits include:
cocoonology
parental
care
habitat
preference
vectorology
dietary
preferences
This page copyright © Mark E. Siddall, 1995 mes@vims.edu