Utevsky, Serge Y. (2009). A new marine fish leech species of the genus Oceanobdella (Clitellata, Piscicolidae) from coastal waters of Sakhalin Island. Acta Parasitologica. 54(4): 350-354.

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10.2478/s11686-009-0047-x [view]

Utevsky, Serge Y.

2009

54(4): 350-354

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https://link.springer.com/article/10.2478/s11686-009-0047-x

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A new species of marine fish leeches is described and compared with its congeners. Oceanobdella sakhalinica possesses a unique combination of characters: the anterior sucker is small; one of posterior transverse bands on the urosome is very dark; a wedge-shaped patch is located on the posterior sucker; posterior crop caeca are separate for their entire length; accessory glands on the atrium are lacking; five pairs of testisacs are present; the copulatory area and the conductive tissue are lacking. Hosts include a sculpin Myoxocephalus sp. and the blackline prickleback Acantholumpenus mackayi. The leeches were collected in Aniva Bay, southern Sakhalin.

North Pacific

Annelida

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