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Quantenobdella howensis
· Hirudinidae
External morphology
Dorsum with 5 stripes, median stripe narrow with paler color in the center portion giving the appearance of two stripes, posterior sucker small, salivary gland papillae on jaws
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Australia
- Recorded from
- Lorde Howe Island
Original description
Richardson, L. R. (1969). A contribution to the systematics of the hirudinid leeches, with description of new families, genera and species. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 15(1/2): 97-149.