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Ancyrobdella smaragdina
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Genus feature of hook-like structures at the anterior end of probiscis, 2 pairs of eyes 1st pair small 2nd pair large, 7 gastric caeca pairs, pale brownish dorsum with 3 pairs of longitudinal dark brown stripes interrupted by pale yellow on neural annuli, head and venter whiteish
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Asia
- Recorded from
- Kinki region Japan, Nanking China, Zia China
Original description
Oka, Asajiro. (1910). Synopsis der Japanischen Hirudineen, mit Diagnosen der Neuen Species. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses. 7: 165-183., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44477565
page(s): 168; note: Hondo, Tokyo