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Notobdella nototheniae
· Piscicolidae
External morphology
Circular posterior sucker not much broader than body, no eyespots on caudal sucker, caudal sucker uncolored, red-brown body with paired oval black spots at intervals, diffused pigment on oral sucker
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Saltwater
- Region
- New Zealand
Biology
On Notothenia microlepidota
Original description
Benham, William B. (1909). Preliminary report on two Hirudinea from the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand. [Book section]. p. 373-376 In. C. Chilton (ed.) The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand.