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Batracobdelloides tricarinata
Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Two pairs of eye spots in second anterior annulus. First pair much smaller, close together, situated deeper than second pair. No distinct striped pattern. Predominantly green with brownish tinge, semitranslucent, pre-ocular region unpigmented. Post-clitellar dorsal region with four rows of bright yellowish orange spots. Ventral side much lighter, anterior region often with concentration of green chromatophores into prominent longitudinal stripe on each side of fairly wide, light coloured median field. Gonophores separated by two annuli.
Internal morphology
Crop have seven pairs of lobed caeca. Hind gut wide, saccular, rectum much narrower, short.
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Africa
- Recorded from
- South Africa, Uganda
Biology
Parasite of freshwater fishes, few times found in mantles of freshwater snails.