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Austrobdella cairae
· Piscicolidae
External morphology
Maximum 10 mm long; sub-cylindrical trachelosome distinctly demarcated from a wider urosome that is ventrally flattened, dorsally convex, narrowing to a caudal sucker 20–25% of maximum body width; 2 pairs of eyespots
Internal morphology
pyriform ovisacs limited to somites XII/XIII; and a midgut with 1 pair of mycetomes, 6 pairs of simple thin-walled crop ceca, no ventral postceca, and 2 pairs of dendritic diverticula from the anterior thick-walled intestine
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Saltwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- California
Original description
Curran Phillips Overstreet Benz & Henningsen, AUSTROBDELLA CAIRAE N. SP., AN OIOXENOUS MARINE LEECH (CLITELLATA: PISCICOLIDAE) FROM THE BANDED GUITARFISH, ZAPTERYX EXASPERATA, IN THE NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN. (2016). Journal of Parasitology, 102(2), 179-186