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Batracobdelloides koreanus

Bolotov, Klass, Kondakov, Vikhrev, Bespalaya, Gofarov, Filippov, Bogan, Lopes-Lima, Lunn, Chan, Aksenova, Dvoryankin, Chapurina, Kim, Kolosova, Konopleva, Lee, Makhrov, Palatov, Sayenko, Spitsyn, Sokolova, Tomilova, Win, Zubrii & Vinarski, 2019 · Glossiphoniidae

Batracobdelloides koreanus, a leech of the family Glossiphoniidae

External morphology

Small leech, which could be distinguished from other congeners by a combination of the following characters: dorsum light yellow, with seven longitudinal brown stripes and three rows of weakly developed, almost invisible, rounded tubercles; posterior sucker with radial brownish bands

Habitat & range

Habitat
Freshwater
Region
Asia
Recorded from
South Korea

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.

doi:10.1038/s41598-019-52688-3 · nature.com