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Philaemon pungens

Lambert, 1898 · Haemadipsidae

Philaemon pungens, a leech of the family Haemadipsidae

External morphology

4 dark brown longitudinal stripes on dorsum, continous light contrast stripes next to medial stripes, irregular light paramedial contrast stripes, 76 rays on posterior sucker, nephridiopores posterior on annuli

Habitat & range

Habitat
Terrestrial
Region
Australia
Recorded from
Victoria

Original description

Lambert, Ada M. (1898). The structure of an Australian land leech. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria.</em> new series 10(2): 211-235, plates X., XI., XII., XIII., XIV.

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