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Erpobdella absoloni
· Erpobdellidae
External morphology
Medium sized cylindrical leeches up to 40 mm in length. The anterior part of the body is blunt cylindrical, the dorsal surface is convex and the ventral side is flat. The preclitellar region is cylindrical. Blind species. The caudal sucker is large. In the pharynx, the pseudognatha are very short and stout.Annulus b6 is subdivided into cl1/c12 by a deep furrow. The male genital pore is situated in furrow XII b1/b2, the female in b5/b6. Thus, the genital pores are separated by three annuli. The atrium is stout, swollen with short, thick cornua. The cornua are coiled in the transition zone to the ejaculatory ducts. The colour of the body is white to faint pink, never translucent. The surface of the body is smooth.
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Europe
- Recorded from
- Bosnia, Hercegovina
Biology
Troglobiont. This species is known from several caves in the south-eastern Dinaric carst.
Junior synonyms
Dina absoloni
Original description
Johansson, Ludwig. (1913). Über eine neue von Dr. K. Absolon in der Herzegowina entdeckte höhlenbewohnende Herpobdellide. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 42: 77-80.
Sources used for this page
Description: ISBN 9783827409270: Picture: ISBN 9783827409270