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Piscicola geometra
· Piscicolidae
External morphology
Up to 30 mm. Width 2-3 mm. 4 eyes. 10 oculiform spots on posterior sucker. Variable levels of pigmentation, usually distributed with lighter spots with cross-like pattern in median area.
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Europe
Biology
Preffering ciprinid fishes as hosts
Taxonomic notes
All north american individuals are P. milneri
Original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
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