Dina lyhnida

External morphology

Large dorsoventrally flattened leeches up to 80 mm long in narcotised specimens. The anterior part of the body is short and bluntly rounded. The diameter of the cranial sucker reaches half the maximum body width. he genital pores are separated by three annuli. The cornua are thick, short and sharply curved in the dorsoventral direction. The colour of the anterior part of the body is pale yellow, the clitellar region is black, the postclitellar part is grey.

Habitat & range

Habitat

Freshwater

Region

Europe

Recorded from

Montenegro

Biology

Mainly on the bottom in the sublittoral zone of the Jake, at depths of 20-40 m. Endemic to Lake Ohrid.

Original description

Sapkarev, J.: New leeches (Hirudinea) of the ancient lake Ohrid, ˇ Fragmenta Balcanica, 14, 155–162, 1990.

Sources used for this page

Description: ISBN 9783827409270: Picture: ISBN 9783827409270