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Hemiclepsis erhaiensis

Yang Tong, 1981 ยท Glossiphoniidae

Internal morphology

9-11 pairs of crop caeca

Habitat & range

Habitat
Freshwater
Region
Asia
Recorded from
Yunnan China, Taiwan

Biology

Host Cyprinidae on gills

Original description

Yang Tong, Two new species of parasitic leeches from freshwater fishes in China. (1981). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 6(1), 27-30

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