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Austrobdella translucens
· Piscicolidae
External morphology
Large and greenish, 2 eye-like spots on anterior sucker, tegument translucent, posterior crop caeca nontotally fused with 4 fenestrae
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Saltwater
- Region
- Australia, Antarctica
Biology
Host Salliganidae and Arripidae
Original description
Badham, Charles. (1916). On an Ichthyobdellid parasitic on the Australian Sand Whiting (Sillago ciliata). Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. NS 62(245): 1-44 (memoir).