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Silva, P.H.D.H. de; Burdon-Jones, C. (1961). A new genus and species of leech parasitic on the fish Cottus bubalis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 136(3): 343-57.
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10.1111/j.1469-7998.1961.tb05879.x [view]
Silva, P.H.D.H. de; Burdon-Jones, C.
1961
A new genus and species of leech parasitic on the fish Cottus bubalis
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
136(3): 343-57
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Five specimens of a new leech were found attached to fin-rays of the dorsal and caudal fins of Cottus bubalis. The posterior sucker is folded laterally so that it can partially enclose a fin-ray. These small, smooth-skinned leeches resemble Platybdella in some respects, Abranchus in others. The coelomic system consists only of dorsal and ventral lacunae, the posterior crop caeca are separate and the dermis is narrow. There are only eighteen separate ganglia between the anterior and posterior ganglionic masses.
Indian Ocean
Systematics, Taxonomy
Sanguinothus de Silva & Burdon-Jones, 1961 accepted as Crangonobdella Selensky, 1914 (original description)
Sanguinothus pinnarum de Silva & Burdon-Jones, 1961 accepted as Platybdella pinnarum (de Silva & Burdon-Jones, 1961) (original description)
Sanguinothus pinnarum de Silva & Burdon-Jones, 1961 accepted as Platybdella pinnarum (de Silva & Burdon-Jones, 1961) (original description)
Etymology
The first part of Sanguinothus de Silva & Burdon-Jones, is evidently from L. sanguisuga, f. a bloodsucker, and the ... [details]
Etymology
There is no etymology statement for the species-group name but 'pinnarum' from pinna, a fin (or feather etc) ... [details]
Spelling
Sawyer (1986: 663) changed the spelling to P. pinnara as if the original pinnarum was an gender variable suffix ... [details]
Type locality
collected from the fins of Cottus bubalis from Holyhead Island, Anglesey, and Port Erin, Wales, UK [details]
