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Oxyptychus bora
· Macrobdellidae
External morphology
5 annuli between gonopores, Dorsum olive green with a broad medial stripe of black pigment, ventral surface light orange to pink
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Brazil, Peru, Northwestern Amazon
Original description
Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro, Amalie K. Barrio, Maria I. Aldea-Guevara & Mark E. Siddall. 2012. Evaluation of the evolution of jaw morphology in New World hirudiniform leeches, with a description of a new blood-feeding species of Oxyptychus (Annelida: Hirudiniformes) from the Peruvian Amazon. Invertebrate systematics 26(1): 17-24.