Resurrection and redescription of Clepsine pallida Verrill, 1872 (Hirudinida, Glossiphoniidae) with a phylogeny of the genus Alboglossiphonia

By

Moser, Bill
Richardson, Dennis J.
Hammond, Charlotte I.
Rojas, Lourdes
Lazo-Wasem, Eric A.
Phillips, Anna

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1127

Pages

135--154

Subjects

Alboglossiphonia heteroclita , Clitellata , Glossiphonia , Glossiphonia swampina , Glossiphoniiformes , leech , Rhynchobdellida

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1127.86004

 

Abstract

Alboglossiphonia pallida (Verrill, 1872) comb. nov. is resurrected and redescribed based on morphological and molecular data from specimens of the type locality (New Haven County, Connecticut, USA) that demonstrate it is distinct from North American Alboglossiphonia heteroclita, European Alboglossiphonia heteroclita, and Alboglossiphonia papillosa. Alboglossiphonia pallida is characterized by having dark chromatophores on the dorsal surface arranged lateral to patrilaterally and medially as a thin line or interrupted thin line along with three pairs of eye spots (with the first pair closest together), six pairs of crop ceca, and a united gonopore. Additional sampling of specimens of the genus Alboglossiphonia is needed to understand its phylogeny especially as many species have not been collected since their description.