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Epshtein, V. M., & Utevsky, A. Y. (1994). A new marine leech Cryobdella ljadovi sp.n. from Antarctic seas (Hirudinea: Piscicolidae). [Article]. Zoosystematica Rossica, 3(1), 23-25.
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Epshtein, V. M.; Utevsky, A. Y.
1994
A new marine leech Cryobdella ljadovi sp.n. from Antarctic seas (Hirudinea
Piscicolidae). [Article]. Zoosystematica Rossica
3(1): 23-25
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Cryobdella ljadovi sp. n., parasitic on gills of Muraenolepis marmoratus and M. microps from coastal waters of the Kerguelen and South Orkney Islands, is described. Individuals reach a maximum length of 17.5 mm and have no eyes, ocelli, papillae, posterior crop caeca. The anterior sucker is small, indistinctly separated from the trachelosome. The posterior sucker is of an unusual form and adapted to the gill raker attachment.
Antarctic
Kerguelen Islands
South Orkney Islands
Kerguelen Islands
South Orkney Islands
Continental shelf
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Cryobdella ljadovi Epshtein & Utevsky, 1994 (original description)
Holotype ZISP 1/48027, geounit Kerguelen Islands, identified as Cryobdella ljadovi Epshtein & Utevsky, 1994
Holotype ZISP 1/48027, geounit South Orkney Islands, identified as Cryobdella ljadovi Epshtein & Utevsky, 1994
Holotype ZISP 1/48027, geounit South Orkney Islands, identified as Cryobdella ljadovi Epshtein & Utevsky, 1994