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Alboglossiphonia reisui
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Body yellowish with several fuzzy dark stripes. Caudal sucker ventral, oval. Somites V–XXIV triannulate. Anus between somites XXVI and XXVII. Male and female gonopore united; common gonopore opened in posterior margin of XII a1. Eyes in three pairs; 1st pair are closest together. Dorsal tubercles developed on every midbody annulus forming one median row, one pair on a2 faintly forming paramedian row. Mouth pore on centre of oral sucker.
Internal morphology
Salivary gland cells diffused. Oesophagus simple, oesophageal grand absent. Bacteriosomes absent. Crop giving rise to six pairs of crop caeca, 1st–6th pairs simple, 6th pair (post-crop caeca) diverticulated into four sections. Intersomital testisacs in six pairs. Paired sperm ducts thick, tubular. Atrial cornua directed anteriorly, developed. Paired ovisacs tubular
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Asia
- Recorded from
- Japan
Original description
Kambayashi, C., & Nakano, T. (2025). A systematic revision of the snail-leech genus Alboglossiphonia in Japan (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniiformes: Glossiphoniidae). Systematics and Biodiversity, 23(1).