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Haemopis caeca
· Haemopidae
External morphology
No pigment or eyes, gonopores separated by 4.5 annuli.
Internal morphology
teeth absent
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Europe
- Recorded from
- Romania
Biology
Cave-dweller
Original description
Manoleli, Dan G.; Klemm, Donald J.; Sarbu, Serban M. (1998). Haemopis caeca (Annelida: Hirudinea: Arhynchobdellida: Haemopidae), a new species of troglobitic leech from a chemoautotrophically based groundwater ecosystem in Romania. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 111(1): 222-229.