Baicalobdella torquata

External morphology

These small leeches are 5-8 mm in length, with a width of 2-3 mm. Body colour varies from light green to pale rust, retaining a characteristic mosaic pattern on the dorsal side of the urosome.

Habitat & range

Habitat

Freshwater

Region

Europe

Recorded from

Russia

Biology

Littoral zones of Baikal lake. Feeding on amphipods

Original description

Grube, A. E. (1871): Besschreibungen einiger Egelarten.- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 37: 87-121, Berlin

Sources used for this page

Picture: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234163696_The_first_cytogenetic_report_of_the_endemic_fish_leech_Baicalobdella_torquata_Hirudinida_Piscicolidae_from_Lake_Baikal