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Baicalobdella cottidarum

Dogiel, 1957

GBIF:127886593

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Taxon classification Animalia Rhynchobdellea Piscicolidae

Baicalobdella cottidarum Dogiel, 1957

Trachelobdella torquata (part.): Epstein 1959; Trachelobdella torquata (part.): Epstein 1959; Trachelobdella torquata (part.): Kozhov 1962; Trachelobdella torquata (part.): Lukin 1963; Baicalobdella torquata (part.): Lukin 1976.

Geographic distribution.

Endemic to Lake Baikal.

Maloe More: Kurma Bay; Olkhon Gates Strait; Kharansa Bay.

Ecological characteristics.

This species inhabits the littoral zone of Lake Baikal (0-200 m). This species is less abundant in the Maloe More area than its sister species, Baicalodbella torquata . In contradistinction to Baicalodbella torquata, it parasitizes only Baikal cottoid fishes. Baicalobdella cottidarum can be found directly on a host or in a free-living state on the surface of benthic substrates.

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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