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Barbronia borealis

Bolotov, Eliseeva, Kondakov, Gofarov, Aksenova, Bespalaya, Kropotin, Travina & Vinarski, 2023 · Salifidae

Barbronia borealis, a leech of the family Salifidae

External morphology

2 pairs of accessory pores

Habitat & range

Habitat
Freshwater
Region
Europe, Asia
Recorded from
Primorye Russia, Iraq

Original description

Bolotov, Ivan N., Eliseeva, Tatyana A., Kondakov, Alexander V., Gofarov, Mikhail Y., Aksenova, Olga V., Bespalaya, Yulia V., Kropotin, Alexander V., Travina, Oksana V., Vinarski, Maxim V. (2023): Barbronia borealis sp. nov., the first salifid leech discovered in Russia, with a global checklist of this genus. Ecologica Montenegrina 63: 24-38,

doi:10.37828/em.2023.63.3