Paraclepsis viridis

External morphology

Small (length up to 15.5 mm; Harding 1924); three pairs of eye spots on III, IV a1 and V a2 (second and third pairs of eye spots are separated by two annuli); bodywith 70- 73 annuli, mid-body somites triannulate; dorsum with four rows of ovate shallow papillae;mouth pore is subterminal (near the rim of the anterior sucker); gonopores separated by two annuli: male gonopore on XI a3 / XII a1, female gonopore on XII a2 / XII a3; posterior sucker is small, circular, ventrally directed

Internal morphology

two pairs of compact salivary glands;esophagus with broad, bag-like pharingeal bulb; seven pairs of crop caeca; six pairs of testisacs;

Habitat & range

Habitat

Freshwater

Region

Asia

Recorded from

India