Hirudinea from the Apolobamba in the Bolivian Andes, including three new species of Helobdella (Clitellata, Hirudinea)

Title Variants

Alternative: Leeches of Apolobamba, Bolivia

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3341

By

Siddall, Mark Edward, 1966-

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2001

Notes

Caption title.

"June 22, 2001."

Four species of leeches were found in the Apolobamba Range of the Bolivian Andes. Collections were made from 4100 m down to 2820 m--among the highest collecting localities ever for leeches. There were three new species in the genus Helobdella including Helobdella ringueleti, Helobdella nununununojensis, and Helobdella sorojchi, as well as one representative of Cylicobdella coccinea. One of the new species exhibited an attitude of parental care unique among glossiphoniids in that the brood was enclosed within two halves of the folded parent. None of these species is known to be sanguivorous.

Subjects

Annelida , Apolobamba, Nudo de (Peru and Bolivia) , Bolivia , Classification , Cylicobdella coccinea , Helobdella , Leeches

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3341 2001

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2001)341<0001:HFTAIT>2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 47248910