Harding, W.A. 1922. Hirudinea British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report (Vol. II Zoology, pp. 257-261). London: British Museum.

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Harding, W. A.

1922

British Museum London : 257-261

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1922_Harding_Hirudinea Cryobdella levigata description.pdf 

Little is known of the Hirudiuea of the Antarctic and Subantarctic Zones. The leeches collected by the "Terra Nova" Expedition were therefore not likely to be wanting in interest; and in fact, although few in number and representative of but one species, this species proves to be a new one and referable to a new genus of Ichthyobdellidae. According to information sent with the material this leech is a fish parasite, the seven specimens having been taken at the Winter Quarters, Victoria Laud, on two occasions (May 10th and May 16th, 1911), from the gills of fishes of the genus Trematomus, probably either T. hansoni, or T. bernacchii, both of which are widely distributed on the coasts of Antarctica. I proceed to give a short diagnosis of the new Ichthyobdellid genus together with a description of the new species on which it is founded.

Antarctic
McMurdo: Antarctic coast and shelf from 150øW west to Cape Adare (170øE), including Ross Sea and Ice Shelf
Ross Sea

Benthos
Endemism
Parasites, Parasitism

Annelida

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