Richardson, Laurence R. (1953). Studies on New Zealand Hirudinea. Part III, Bdellamaris eptatreti n.g., n.sp. and notes on other Piscicolidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 81(2): 283-294.

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Richardson, Laurence R.

1953

81(2): 283-294

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Bdellamaris eptatreti n.g., n.sp. is a piscicolid leech lacking posteriorly directed gastric caeca, having a fully formed abdominal somite divided into twelve annuli, cleven pairs of abdominal pulsatile vesicles, and a smooth flattened body without lateral flanges; six pairs of testes; the male aperture in XII. B. eptatreti is known from Eptatretus cirrhatus (Cyclostomata). Branchellion parkeri is recorded from Callorhynchus milii (Holocephali) and a patterned dark phase is described, as also an ornamented male organ. A brief superficial description is given of a leech having affinities with the g. Pontobdella, but lacking tubercles from the venter.

New Zealand

Systematics, Taxonomy

Annelida

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