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Batracobdelloides conchophylus
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Small leech, which could be distinguished from other congeners by a combination of the following characters: dorsum white, with seven rows of unclear light brown spots in the anterior third of the animal, and with three longitudinal rows of conical tubercles with rounded apex, eyes joined into one large angulate-ovate spot
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Asia
- Recorded from
- Myanmar
Original description
Bolotov, I. N.; Klass, A. L.; Kondakov, A. V.; Vikhrev, I. V.; Bespalaya, Y. V.; Gofarov, M. Y.; Filippov, B. Y.; Bogan, A. E.; Lopes-Lima, M.; Lunn, Z.; Chan, N.; Aksenova, O. V.; Dvoryankin, G. A.; Chapurina, Y. E.; Kim, S. K.; Kolosova, Y. S.; Konopleva, E. S.; Lee, J. H.; Makhrov, A. A.; Palatov, D. M.; Sayenko, E. M.; Spitsyn, V. M.; Sokolova, S. E.; Tomilova, A. A.; Win, T.; Zubrii, N. A.; Vinarski, M. V. (2019). Freshwater mussels house a diverse mussel-associated leech assemblage. Scientific Reports. 9(1): 1-22, supplements.