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Dina ochridana
· Erpobdellidae
External morphology
Large somewhat flattened leeches up to 55 mm long in preserved specimens. The head region is broadly conical, the mouth is enlarged. Annulus b6 is broadened. The annulation formula of the postclitellar region is b1, b2, a2, b5, b6 (cl,c12). The male genital pore is situated in XII b2/a2, the female in XII b6/ XIII b1, sometimes shifted to the middle~~-of XIII b1. The genital pores are separated by 3 to 3.5 annuli. Usually, the clitellum is brownish and swollen. The atrium is large with short, sharp dorsoventrally curved cornua.The colour of the body is olive grey, there are some dark dorsomedian longitudinal stripes present.
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Europe
- Recorded from
- Montenegro
Biology
Crenobiont, endemit, lives in carstic springs around Lake Ohrid.
Original description
Sket B. 1968. K Poznavanju Favne Pijavk (Hirudinea) v Jugoslaviji, Zur Kenntnis der Egelfauna (Hirudinea) Jugoslawiens. Diss 9(4): 127–197. Ljubljana: Academia Scientiarum et Artium Slovenica Classis IV: Historia Naturalis et Medicina.
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