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Alexandrobdella makhrovi
· Piscicolidae
External morphology
One pair of large eyes on oral sucker, 5 pairs of testisacs, suckers well developed, small knob-like pulsatile vesicles
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Asia, Europe
- Recorded from
- Russia, China
Biology
Mussel-associated
Original description
Bolotov, I. N.; Klass, A. L.; Konopleva, E. S.; Bespalaya, Y. V.; Gofarov, M. Y.; Kondakov, A. V.; Vikhrev, I. V. (2020). First freshwater mussel-associated piscicolid leech from East Asia. Scientific Reports. 10(1).