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Silva, P. H. D. H. de.; Kabata, Z. (1961). A new genus and species of leech parasitic on Drepanopsetta platessoides (Malm) the long rough dab. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 136(3): 331-341.
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10.1111/j.1469-7998.1961.tb05878.x [view]
Silva, P. H. D. H. de.; Kabata, Z.
1961
A new genus and species of leech parasitic on Drepanopsetta platessoides (Malm) the long rough dab
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
136(3): 331-341
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This new piscicolid leech (subfamily Ichthyobdellinae) was found attached to the branchiae and inner surface of the branchial chamber of Drepanopsetta platessoides, trawled off Iceland. It has a fairly extensive coelomic system with no clear separation into dorsal, ventral and segmental lacunae. Its posterior crop caeca are separate and there are only eighteen separate ganglia between the anterior and posterior ganglionic masses.
North Atlantic
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 Etymology

No etymology statement but evidently the name is a combination of 'arctic' (the samples came from Iceland so not ... [details]

 Etymology

Not stated but 'branchiarum' is evidently indicating that the leeches were on the gills of the fish. It must be a ... [details]

 Type locality

Trawled off the north-west and the south-east coasts of Iceland. [details]