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Trocheta ariescornuta
· Erpobdellidae
External morphology
Up to 200 mm. Elongated cylindrical body with last third slightly flattened. Slightly elengated ventral side of anterior sucker. Unicoloured without dark patterns, reddish brown; dorsal and ventral surface rough with numerous small papillae. Gonopores separated by 4 anulli.
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Europe
- Recorded from
- Georgia
Biology
Cave-dweller
Original description
Grosser, Clemens; Barjadze, Shalva; Maghradze, Eter. (2021). Trocheta ariescornuta n. sp. (Annelida, Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae) – a new cavernicolous leech from Motena Cave in Georgia. Ecologica Montenegrina. 44: 32-43.