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Glossiphonia balcanica
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Bright brownish color, many small papillae but only the main large paramedial papillae on a2, no medial fold in cranial sucker, 6 distinct eyes
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Europe
- Recorded from
- Balkans, Arctic Circle
Original description
Grosser, Clemens, Vladimir Pešić, Violeta Berlajolli & Bogić Gligorović. 2016. Glossiphonia balcanica n. sp. and Dina prokletijaca n. sp. (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae, Erpobdellidae) - two new leeches from Montenegro and Kosovo. Ecologica Montenegrina 8: 17-26.