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Ceratobdella quadricornuta
ยท Piscicolidae
External morphology
Anterior sucker bearing 4 well developed tentacles
Internal morphology
posterior crop caeca separated
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Saltwater
- Region
- Antarctica
- Recorded from
- Scotia Sea
Biology
Parasitic on Raja georgiana
Original description
Utevsky, A.; Gordeev, I. (2015). New tentacled leech Ceratobdella quadricornuta n. g., n. sp. (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) parasitic on the starry skate Raja georgiana Norman from the Scotia Sea, Antarctica. Systematic Parasitology. 91(3): 203-210.