Checklist / Piscicolidae / Richardsonobdella / Richardsonobdella lineatae
Richardsonobdella lineatae
· Piscicolidae
External morphology
Well developed sucker, 1 pair of eyes, 12-annulate mid body somites, lacking pulsatile vesicles, 21 black transverse pigmented bands separated by narrow unpigmented regions, suckers black
Internal morphology
5 pairs of testisacs
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Saltwater
- Region
- Australia
- Recorded from
- Heron Island
Biology
Parasitic on Meiacanthus lineatus
Original description
Burreson, Eugene M.; Dybdahl, R. E. (1989). Richardsonobdella lineatae, gen et sp nov (Hirudinea), a parasite of Meiacanthus lineatus (Pisces, Blenniidae) from Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Australian Journal of Zoology. 37(1): 89-93.