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Priscabdella hickmani
· Hirudinidae
External morphology
Medial dorsal stripe darker than paired dorsal stripes, inner and outer paired dorsal stripes very wide and separated by a thin yellow stripe, inner and outer paired stripes interrupted anteriorly, marginal field pale and continous with venter, salivary gland papillae on jaws
Internal morphology
Jaws with sharp well developed teeth
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Australia
Original description
Richardson, Laurence R. (1973). A new genus, Priscabdella, for aquatic jawed sanguivorous leeches from Flinders Island, north-east Tasmania, and southern south Australia (Hirudinoidea: Richardsonianidae). <em>Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston.</em> new series, no. 47: 1-18.