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A new freshwater leech species from Asian Swamp Eel stocks in China.
- Source :
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Parasitology Research . Aug2021, Vol. 120 Issue 8, p2769-2778. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Discoveries of new Hemiclepsis species (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae) in East and Southeast Asia were expected. A peculiar freshwater leech was found on the body surface of Asian Swamp Eel Monopterus albus (Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) in Jingzhou, Hubei Province, China. Here, we describe this leech species as Hemiclepsis yangtzenensissp. nov. It could be distinguished from other congeners based on a combination of morphological features such as very small size, translucent body with dense green reticulate markings throughout dorsum, very large posterior sucker with a characteristic reticulate pattern, and two pairs of well-developed drop-like eyespots. It also represents a phylogenetic lineage that is distant from other members of the genus based on the COI and 18S rRNA sequences. This leech species seems to be a specialized fish parasite that could negatively affect farming and wild stocks of Asian Swamp Eel in China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *LEECHES
*SWAMPS
*SPECIES
*EELS
*FRESH water
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09320113
- Volume :
- 120
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Parasitology Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151962141
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07228-2