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Helobdella octatestisaca
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
With scute, dorsum with tiny light brown dots arranged transversely in every annulus except the first 10
Internal morphology
testisacs 4 or 5 pairs, no papillae, 6 pairs of crop caeca, 4 pairs of intestine caeca
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Asia, North America, Africa
- Recorded from
- China, Taiwan, Mexico, India, Tunisia
Original description
Lai, Yi-Te; Chang, Chih-Han; Chen, Jiun-Hong. (2009). Two new species of Helobdella Blanchard 1896 (Hirudinida: Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) from Taiwan, with a checklist of hirudinea fauna of the island. Zootaxa. 2068(1): 27-46.