Leeches from Chiapas, Mexico, with a new species of Erpobdella (Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae)
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Tessler, Michael
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Siddall, Mark E.
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Oceguera-Figueroa, Alejandro
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American Museum Novitates
2018
2018-03-12
2018
3895
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/3895.1
journal article
10.1206/3895.1
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Helobdella elongata
Castle, 1900
Figures 12–13
The absence of a chitinous nuchal scute; presence of an unpigmented, nonpapillated, and subcylindrical body in cross section; and weak anterior and posterior suckers all correspond to the description of
Helobdella elongata
. Specimens lacked eyespots, a characteristic noticed before for some individuals of this species from other localities (Klemm, 1982). Found on the underside of submerged rocks and accidentally attached to skin. Non-blood-feeding (liquidosomatophagous). Cox1 genetic