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Alboglossiphonia buniana
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Gonopores separated by 2 annuli, first pair of eyes fused completely, jagged outer margin, 4 pairs of eyes but with 2nd and 3rd pair longitudinally fused forming the appearance of only 3 pairs of eyes, smooth surface with only small sensory papillae
Internal morphology
6 crop caeca
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Africa
- Recorded from
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
Original description
Jueg, Uwe. (2023). Alboglossiphonia afroalpina sp. nov. and Alboglossiphonia buniana sp. nov. – two new leech species from Africa and revision of the genus Alboglossiphonia Lukin, 1976 in Africa. Evolutionary Systematics. 7(1): 1-34.