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A new genus and species of marine leech from British Coastal waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

L. C. Llewellyn  and
E. W. Jones-Knight
L. C. Llewellyn
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP
E. W. Jones-Knight
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP
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Abstract

Brumptiana lineata n.gen. et sp., from oro-nasal region of Raja, has a subcylindrical body, 2 pairs of eyes, 13 or 14 annuli per mid-body somite, 12 pairs of small pulsatile vesicles, 5 postcaecal fenestrae, 5 or 6 pairs of testes, a large muscular atrium with accessory glands, a thick-walled vagina and no receptaculum, conducting tissue or spermatheca.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 64 , Issue 4 , November 1984 , pp. 919 - 934
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1984

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