Title
Leeches of Laguna Volcán, Bolivia, including a new species of Helobdella (Clitellata, Hirudinea)
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3313
By
Siddall, Mark Edward, 1966-
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2001
Notes
Caption title.
"January 30, 2001."
Three species of leeches were found in Laguna Volcán in Departmento de Santa Cruz, Bolivia. None are known to be sanguivorous. Two of the species found, Semiscolex similis and Helobdella triserialis, are known to be broadly distributed in South America. A new species, Helobdella bolivianita, is described. Diagnostic characters for this species include a nuchal scute on somite VIII and the possession both of compact salivary glands and of diffuse parenchymal salivary tissue.
Subjects
Annelida
,
Bolivia
,
Classification
,
Helobdella bolivianita
,
Leeches
,
Santa Cruz (Department)
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3313 2001
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2001)313<0001:LOLVNB>2.0.CO;2
OCLC:
46326946
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