Phyllobdellina kozatshenkoi gen. et sp. n. from coastal waters of the Kuril Islands (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae)
V.M. Epshtein & S.U. Utevsky
Abstract. Phyllobdellina kozatshenkoi gen. et sp. n., parasitic on the flatfish Clidoderma asperrimum from the Sea of Okhotsk, is described. All individuals examined have the following characteristics: body greatly flattened; trachelosome much narrower than urosome; somites 3-annulate, with four large papillae and a great number of small ones dorsally; posterior crop caeca completely separated; no accessory glands present; bursa very short; conductive tissue absent; ovisacs very long.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1993, 2(2): 233–235 ▪ Published in print 31 December 1993
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