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Poecilobdella lakshmikantai
· Hirudinidae
External morphology
Dorsoventrally flattened body measuring 35 mm in length and 8 mm in width, 110 annuli, five pairs of eyes, seven black dorsal stripes with dot-like patterning, and a circular posterior sucker with 42 rays. The male gonopore is positioned between annuli 31 and 32, while the female gonopore lies on segment 38, with six annuli separating the gonopores.
Internal morphology
well-developed toothed jaws, numerous salivary papillae, elongated crop caeca, an enlarged last pair of caeca, a short-stalked vaginal canal, and a long tubular epididymis
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Asia
- Recorded from
- Arunachal Pradesh India
Original description
Mandal, C. K., M. Bose, P. Sharma, S. Mridha, R. Sikdar, M. N. Hasan, and S. Ghosh. 2026. “Poecilobdella Lakshmikantai, A New Leech from Arunachal Pradesh, India”. UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 47 (14):73-82.