Batracobdella lobata

External morphology

Body elliptical, marked with bright yellow, with longitudinal rows of black pigment spots. Length 10 mm; 72 annuli. Two pairs of eyes on annuli 2 and 4. Male orifice in the furrow between somites X and XI. Female orifice two annuli behind. Body strongly flattened, attenuated anteriorly, roughly oval, elliptical when contracted. Head slightly dilated and set off from the body by a slightly constricted neck. Ground colour light green, with three longitudinal rows of dark brown pigment spots — one median and one in each half of the body, arranged metamerically and marking the middle annulus of each somite; scattered spots along both sides. Posterior sucker marked with concentric bands.

Internal morphology

Crop with seven subdivided diverticula; intestine with four pairs of caeca. Ovaries metamerically lobed from somites XIV–XVIII.

Habitat & range

Habitat

Freshwater

Region

Asia

Recorded from

India