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Aetheobdella hirudoides
· Hirudinidae
External morphology
5 pairs of eyes but small and with posterior pair often obscure, 5 annulate, gonopores separated by 7-8 annuli, 11 pairs of testes, atria tiny, jaws with 25 large blunt teeth
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Australia
- Recorded from
- NSW
Biology
Parasitic on bush birds
Original description
Moore, J. Percy. (1935). XXVII.—A Description of Ætheobdella hirudoides, gen. et sp. n., from New South Wales, with Notes on Leeches collected by the Oxford University Sarawak Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 16(92): 296-304.