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Barbronia weberi

Blanchard, 1897 · Salifidae

Barbronia weberi, a leech of the family Salifidae

External morphology

3 pairs of pharyngeal stylets, 2 accessory pores

Internal morphology

5-8 pairs of testisacs

Habitat & range

Habitat
Freshwater
Region
North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South America
Recorded from
China, Taiwan, USA, Australia

Biology

Should be assumed to be cosmopolitan, even where introductions haven't yet been recorded

Junior synonyms

Barbronia wuttkei, Barbronia arcana

Original description

Blanchard, Raphael. (1897). Hirundinées des Indes Néerlandaises. Zoologische Ergebnisse einer reise in Niederländisch Ost-Indien (Max Weber) 4: 332-56.

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