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Cystobranchus verrilli
· Piscicolidae
External morphology
Large pulsatile vesicles, 7 annuli per somite, copulatory area posterior to the female pore, 2 pairs of eyes, brownish-black stellate chromatophores, no caudal ocelli
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Eastern USA and Canada
Biology
Reported on Centrarchids, Percids, Ictalurids, and Lotids
Original description
Meyer, A revision of the leeches (Piscicolidae) living on freshwater fishes of North America. (1940). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 59, 354-376