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Austrobdella oosthuizeni
ยท Piscicolidae
External morphology
A cylindrical trachelosome distinctly demarcated from the urosome
Internal morphology
ovisacs elongated and extending posteriorly to the fourth pair of testisacs; a midgut that lacks mycetomes and has 5 pairs of crop ceca; ventral postceca that are present and fully fused without fenestrae; and 2 pairs of simple (non-dendritic) lateral diverticula on the anterior thick-walled intestine
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Saltwater
- Region
- South America
Biology
Host Homolaspis plana and Jassus lalandii
Original description
Utevsky, A. Y. (2004). A new species of marine leeches (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) from the coastal waters of South Africa. Vestnik Zoologii.38(5): 79-83.