Batracobdelloides amnicolus

External morphology

Small to medium-sized leeches, two pairs of eyespots on III (eyespots of the first pair are strongly reduced and usually joined with thesecond pair; eyespots of the second pair are larger, round or angulate, merging); body with 68-70 annuli,mid-body somites triannulate; dorsum with three or five longitudinal rows of prominent tubercles; mouthpore is shifted to the anterior part of the anterior sucker; gonopores separated by two annuli: male gonopore on furrow XI a3 / XIIa1 and female gonopore on furrow XII a2 / XII a3; six pairs of testisacs

Internal morphology

salivary glands diffuse, extensively developed;proboscis slender; esophagus long, slender, slightly muscular; esophageal organ present; seven weaklybranched pairs of crop caeca;

Habitat & range

Habitat

Freshwater

Region

Africa

Recorded from

South Africa