In order to examine the effects of some physicochemical parameters on zoobenthic community structure in Porsuk Stream, seasonal samples were collected from 6 stations between 2020-2021, and also measured. Within scope study, a total 30 families, 4 Gastropoda, 1 Bivalvia, 3 Clitellata, 22 Insecta, identified. Families Tubificidae, Erpobdellidae, Chironomidae identified at each station. Dominant ...

The majority of studies on leeches are related to: internal and external morphology. Fewer molecular research projects focus on molecular studies and karyology. The latter are needed to explain the evolutionary and systematic issues. Karyotypes for 22 species of Hirudinida have hitherto been determined, including: 8 species belonging to the Glossiphoniidae family, 3 species of Piscicolidae, 7 o...

Mimobdella japonica Blanchard, 1897, the type species of the genus Mimobdella Blanchard, 1897, is redescribed based on the holotype. This species is characterized by the following characteristics: mid-body somites novem-annulate, two post-anal annuli, male gonopore in XI/XII, female gonopore in XII/XIII, 9 annuli (one full somite) between gonopores, strepsilaematous pharynx and three myognaths ...

The study of leeches from Lake Gusinoe and its adjacent area offered us the possibility to determine species diversity. As a result, an updated species list of the Gusinoe Hirudinea fauna (Annelida, Clitellata) has been compiled. There are two orders and three families of leeches in the Gusinoe area: order Rhynchobdellida (families Glossiphoniidae and Piscicolidae) and order Arhynchobdellida (f...

We reported the first record of rare species Trocheta subviridis Dutrochet, 1817 (Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdellidae) from north-eastern Spain (Suspiro stream at Señorio de Bértiz Natural Park, Navarra, Spain). The was previously recorded in by Cordero del Campillo (1980) and García Más Jiménez (1981). However, latter authors admitted (Garcia & Jiménez, 1984) that both citations could be consi...

A yellowish spotted and medium-sized new leech of the family Erpobdellidae with a typical annulation genus Dina was found in spring northeastern Montenegro. In present study, we used an integrative taxonomic approach that combines morphological DNA barcoding data to describe species, crnogorensis sp. nov. Morphologically, species is most similar minuoculata Grosser, Moritz & Peši?, 2007 ser...