Utevsky, S. Y.; Chernyshev, A. V. (2013). A new genus and species of fish leeches Dolichobdella rubra, gen. n., sp. n., (Clitellata, Hirudinida, Piscicolidae) from the northern Sea ofJapan. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 86-87: 221-224.

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10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.08.016 [view]

Utevsky, S. Y.; Chernyshev, A. V.

2013

86-87: 221-224

Publication

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064512001464

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A new species of fish leeches, Dolichobdella rubra gen. n., sp. n., was found in samples collected by RV Akademik M.A. Lavrentyev in the northern Sea of Japan from 470–528 m during the joint Russian–German expedition SoJaBio (Sea of Japan Biodiversity Studies) in August 2010. The leech does not exceed 13 mm in length and has the following morphological characteristics: body elongated, smooth, lacking gills and pulsatile vesicles; eyes and ocelli absent; coloration reddish; female gonopore larger than male one; 6pairs of testisacs; accessory glands, conductive tissue and copulatory area present; ovisacs short; bursa long; coelomic system reduced.

North Pacific

Parasites, Parasitism

Annelida

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