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Hirudo orientalis
· Hirudinidae
External morphology
Grass green dorsum, segmentally arranged pairs of black quadrangular/rounded dots on paramedial dorsal stripes
Internal morphology
medium sized epididymes, evenly coiled vagina
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Asia
- Recorded from
- China, Taiwan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Iran
Original description
Utevsky, S. Y.; Trontelj, P. (2005). A new species of the medicinal leech (Oligochaeta, Hirudinida, Hirudo) from Transcaucasia and an identification key for the genus Hirudo. Parasitology Research. 98(1): 61-66.