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The occurrence of a marine leech, Abranchus blennii n.sp., resembling A. sexoculatus (Malm), in North Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

E. W. Knight Jones
E. W. Knight Jones
Affiliation:
Dept. of Zoology, University College of North Wales, Bangor
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Several specimens of an ichthyobdellid leech were found on Blennius pholis collected on the coast of Anglesey.

The leech resembles Abranchus sexoculatus (Malm), a rare form only recorded previously from Sweden and not yet adequately described. Slight differences, however, indicate that it may be a distinct species and the name Abranchus blennii is provisionally put forward for it.

A short review of the genus Abranchus and a description of the appearance and structure of the leech follow.

My thanks are due to Prof. F. W. Rogers Brambell for his encouragement and advice; and to Mr W. H. Leigh-Sharpe for advice regarding the literature.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , August 1940 , pp. 533 - 541
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1940

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