Two new species of salifid leeches (Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdelliformes, Salifidae) from South Africa and Madagascar

Title Variants

Alternative: African salifid leeches

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3456

By

Westergren, Stephanie

Siddall, Mark Edward, 1966-

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2004

Notes

Title from caption.

"October 28, 2004."

"Two new species of salifid leech are described. Linta be, n.gen., n.sp., from Madagascar, is the first record of a freshwater leech on that island. Its possession of characteristics both of the Erpobdelliformes and the Hirudiniformes suggests it is a morphologically significant link between these two lineages. Barbronia gwalagwalensis, n.sp., looks externally similar to the widespread Barbronia weberi, but internally exhibits features more similar to other African species of the genus"--P. [1].

Subjects

Annelida , Barbronia gwalagwalensis , Classification , Leeches , Linta be , Madagascar , South Africa

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3456, 2004

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2004)456<0001:TNSOSL>2.0.CO;2
OCLC: 56779603