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Branchellion brevicaudatae
· Piscicolidae
External morphology
Pulsating vesicles emerging from posterior base of branchiae (one pair per somite), dorsal white spots not arranged in longitudinal row, blackish body
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Saltwater
- Region
- Africa, Asia, Australia
- Recorded from
- Pacific Ocean
Biology
Parasitic on short tail stingrays
Original description
Jimi & Nakano, A New Species of Branchellion (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae) Parasitizing the Gills of Short-tail Stingrays (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) From the West Pacific. (2023). Zoological Science (Tokyo), 40(4), 308-313