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Hirudo tianjinensis
· Hirudinidae
External morphology
Blackish green dorsum with five continous yellow longitudinal stripes, 6 sensilla on dorsal annulus a2 of segments VIII-XXV, greyish green ventrum with irregular bilateral dark brown spots, dorsum and abdomen separated by a pair of pale yellow stripes
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Asia
- Recorded from
- Tianjin China
Original description
Wang, Hao; Meng, Fan-Ming; Jin, Si-Jie; Gao, Jiang-Wei; Tong, Xiang-Rong; Liu, Zi-Chao. (2022). A new species of medicinal leech in the genus Hirudo Linnaeus, 1758 (Hirudiniformes, Hirudinidae) from Tianjin City, China. ZooKeys. 1095: 83-96.