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Placobdella akahkway
· Glossiphoniidae
External morphology
Both compact and diffuse salivary tissues, large size, brownish dorsum, middorsal stripe dark brown and irregularly interrupted and ends well before posterior end, venter beige and without pigment, 5 main rows of papillae, small papillae interspersed outside of main rows becoming more conspicuous towards posterior end, 2 annuli between gonopores
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Central Canada
Original description
Fan, Sophia L.; De Carle, Danielle; Kvist, Sebastian. (2022). Placobdella akahkway n. sp. (Clitellata: Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), a new leech species from central Canada. Zootaxa. 5159(2): 116-131.