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Platybdella anarrhichae

Diesing, 1859 · 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.

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