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Platybdella anarrhichae
· Piscicolidae
External morphology
Moderately depressed, no papillae or respiratory vesicles, indistinctly divided, no eyes, pale grey/white bordering on yellow with reddish streaks, greenish spots here and there
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Saltwater
- Region
- North America
- Recorded from
- Atlantic Ocean
Biology
Host Atlantic Wolffish
Original description
Diesing, C. M. (1859). Revision der Myzhelminthen. Abtheilungen; Bdellideen. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 33: 473-513.