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Hirudobdella antipodium (Benham, 1904)

Open Bay Islands' leech

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: before 1969 (Stirling & Johns, 1969; Miller, 1997:5)

Rediscovered in: January 1987 (Miller, 1997:6)

 

Distribution & Habitat

Taumaka, Open Bay Islands, New Zealand

 

Anatomy & Morphology

 

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Benham, W. B. (1904). On a new species of land leech (Hirudo antipodium) recently discovered in New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 36: 185-192, pl. 8.

 

Other references:

Miller, Craig. (1997). Occurrence and ecology of the Open Bay Islands leech, Hirudobdella antipodium. Science for Conservation No. 57. Wellington, NZ: Deptartment of Conservation.

Miller, Craig (1999). Conservation of the Open Bay Islands' leech, Hirudobdella antipodum. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 29(4): 301-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1999.9517599

 

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