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Tyrannobdella rex
· Praobdellidae
External morphology
Body muscular, uniformly pigmented brown to grey without stripes or other ornamentation after preservation. Papillae absent. Five pair of eyespots in parabolic setting. Anus between last annulus and caudal sucker. Caudal sucker wider than posterior of body.
Internal morphology
One dorsal monostichodont jaw armed with few, large denticular teeth.
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- South America
- Recorded from
- Peru
Biology
Parasite of mucosal tissue in mammals
Original description
Phillips, Anna J., Renzo Arauco-Brown, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa, Gloria P. Gomez, María Beltrán, Yi-Te Lai & Mark E. Siddall. 2010. Tyrannobdella rex n. gen. n. sp. and the evolutionary origins of mucosal leech infestations. Public Library of Science, ONE 5(4): e10057.