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
Media
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