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Branchellion tunisensis
· Piscicolidae
External morphology
Transparent body marred with dark green along the abdomen and neck, 2 eyespots, pair of lateral branchiae per somite except for last 2 somites, cup-shaped posterior sucker
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Saltwater
- Region
- Africa, Europe
- Recorded from
- Gulf of Tunis
Original description
Youssef, Feriel; Benmansour, Bouchra; Yurakhno, Violetta M.; Mansour, Lamjed. (2024). New marine leech species of Branchellion Savigny, 1822 (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) and new host record of Pontobdella muricata in the Gulf of Tunis. Biologia. 79(6): 1695-1704.