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title: "Brook Leech"
description: "Glossiphonia elegans — Inne zwierzęta. Glossiphonia elegans, sometimes called the brook leech, is a species of freshwater jawless leech found in Canada and the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/brook-leech
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brook Leech

> Glossiphonia elegans — Inne zwierzęta. Glossiphonia elegans, sometimes called the brook leech, is a species of freshwater jawless leech found in Canada and the United States.

- Scientific name: *Glossiphonia elegans*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 144
- iNaturalist taxon: [1061273](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1061273)

## Names

- en: Brook Leech

## Countries with the most observations

US (44), CA (40)

## Summary

Glossiphonia elegans, sometimes called the brook leech, is a species of freshwater jawless leech found in Canada and the United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossiphonia_elegans

## Photo

![Brook Leech](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brook-leech/medium.jpg)

Photo: fiona · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/309125025

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brook-leech?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).