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Motobdella sedonensis
· Erpobdellidae
External morphology
The dorsal surface has two wide, darkly pigmented paramedial stripes extending from somite III, where they ap-proach each other, to the base of the sucker, The genital pores are located in somite XII, separated bytwo annuli (Fig. 2). In mature adults, the male gonopore islarge, conspicuous, and glandular and is located in thefurrow between annuli b2 and a2. The female gonopore issmall, inconspicuous, and located in the furrow betweenannuli b5 and b6. The anus is located at the base of the cau-dal sucker in somite XXVI, with only one or two annuli sep-arating it from the sucker. Nephridiopores can be seen in themidbody region as faint white spots located near the marginsof the body, eaching 65 mm total body length, includingsuckers, in mature adults; oral sucker terminally attachedand caudal sucker eccentrically attached; midbody segments (16 total) composed of five annuli
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- USA
Taxonomic notes
Motobdella may not be a valid genus
Original description
Govedich Blinn Keim & Davies, Phylogenetic relationships of three genera of Erpobdellidae (Hirudinoidea), with a description of a new genus, Motobdella, and species, Motobdella sedonensis. (1998). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 76(12), 2164-2171