Epshtein, V. M., & Utevsky, A. Y. (1994). A new marine leech Cryobdella ljadovi sp.n. from Antarctic seas (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae). [Article]. Zoosystematica Rossica, 3(1), 23-25.

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Epshtein, V. M.; Utevsky, A. Y.

1994

3(1): 23-25

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http://www.zin.ru/journals/zsr/Issue.asp?y=1994&v=3&i=1

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Cryobdella ljadovi sp. n., parasitic on gills of Muraenolepis marmoratus and M. microps from coastal waters of the Kerguelen and South Orkney Islands, is described. Individuals reach a maximum length of 17.5 mm and have no eyes, ocelli, papillae, posterior crop caeca. The anterior sucker is small, indistinctly separated from the trachelosome. The posterior sucker is of an unusual form and adapted to the gill raker attachment.

Antarctic
Kerguelen Islands
South Orkney Islands

Continental shelf

Annelida

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