WoRMS taxon details
original description
Badham, Charles. (1916). On an Ichthyobdellid parasitic on the Australian Sand Whiting (Sillago ciliata). <em>Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science.</em> NS 62(245): 1-44 (memoir)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49578108 page(s): 3, plates 1-2; note: Wreck Bay, about 100 miles south of Port -Jackson, NSW, Australia [details]
additional source
Bolton, Toby; Hayward, Craig; Turner, Alan. (2006). The Piscicolid leech <i>Austrobdella translucens</i> Badham, 1916: a new host record from Australian salmon, <i>Arripis trutta </i>(forster, 1801), and a new locality record for Yellowfin whiting, <i>Sillago schomburgkii</i>, Peters 1864, in South Australia. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 33(3): 385-387., available online at https://doi.org/10.7882/az.2006.012 [details]
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Not stated. Austrobdella translucens leeches appear transparent from a distance when on their host, but have a reddish brown pigmentation pattern in close-up [details]
Type locality Wreck Bay, about 100 miles south of Port -Jackson. Also found in a fish hatchery pond at Port Hacking, NSW, Australia [details]
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