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Erpobdella sp.2
GBIF:127886587
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Taxon classification Animalia Arhynchobdellida Erpobdellidae
Erpobdella sp. 2
New species records.
Lake Zama, Lake Zunduk, Codoviy Bay.
Morphological characteristics.
These large sized leeches are up to 90 mm in length and 4.5-5.0 mm in width. The leeches have dark green or brown dorsal pigmentation flecked with yellow. Ventral pigmentation is almost absent (Fig. 7).
Ecological characteristics.
This non-parasitic macrophagous leech species has a restricted distribution even within the Maloe More. It was found only in lakes and bays of the most north-western coast of the strait.
Kaygorodova, Irina A. (2015): Annotated checklist of the leech species diversity in the Maloe More Strait of Lake Baikal, Russia. ZooKeys 545: 37-52, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.545.6053, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.545.6053Pensoft via PlaziNo known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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