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Helobdella nununununojensis
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Dor sum with irregular longitudinal arrays of gray to brown chromatophores but no defi nite lines or bands. Venter much lighter with irregularly arranged chromatophores on either side of the midline, gonopores separated by 1 annulus
Internal morphology
six pairs of testisacs at XIII/XIV through XVIII/XIX; sperm ducts reach to XIX, atria piriform, directed anterolaterally, sperm ducts empty into atria dorsally; ovisacs straight and long, reaching to XVII, Proboscis in membranous sheath, base at XIII; salivary cells arranged in a compact mass only in XXIII, ductules of the latter forming a bundle inserting into base of proboscis; oesophagus simple, not recurved; no gastric chambers or digitiform caeca in midbody somites; postcecae (diverticula) in XIX only (fig. 23); intestine from XIX/XX with four lobes; anus at XXVI/XXVII
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- South America
- Recorded from
- Bolivia
Original description
Siddall, Mark E. 2001. Hirudinea from the Apolobamba in the Bolivian Andes, including three new species of Helobdella (Clitellata: Hirudinea). American Museum Novitates(3341): 1-14.