The life cycle of the Siamese shield leech, Placobdelloides siamensis Oka, 1917
Fig 2
Life cycle of Placobdelloides siamensis in the laboratory: gestation period (eggs in ovisacs on the (A) second day (white arrow), (B) third day (white arrow), and (C) fourth day (white arrow) after copulation); (D) a clutch of eggs attached to the substrate (pottery) (white arrow); (E) incubation period (eggs on the sixth day after deposition); (F) parental care period (broods on the (F) second day and (G) seventh day after hatching); and (H) maturation period (juveniles in the third week after hatching).