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Cochimibdella mexicana
· Piscicolidae
External morphology
Weakly developed tubercles in a3 of the urosome
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Saltwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Gulf of California
Biology
Parasitic on Octopus bimaculatus
Original description
Ruiz-Escobar, Fernando; Colunga-Ramírez, Graciela E.; Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro; Castellanos-Martínez, Sheila. (2025). Cochimibdella mexicana n. gen. n. sp. (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae), from Octopus bimaculatus Verrill (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Systematic Parasitology. 102(2): 1-14.