A new leech species (Hirudinida: Erpobdellidae: Erpobdella) from a cave in the West Azerbaijan province of Iran

作者：Cichocka Joanna M^*; Bielecki Aleksander; Kur Jaroslaw; Pikula Dorota; Kilikowska Adrianna; Biernacka Beata

来源：Zootaxa, 2015, 4013(3): 413-427.

DOI：10.11646/zootaxa.4013.3.5

• Hirudinea
• Erpobdella
• new species
• troglobiont
• morphology
• body form
• COI
• Bayesian inference

Erpobdella borisi n. sp. is a predatory leech inhabiting cave waters in Iran. Probably, it is either a troglobiont or troglophile. The leech has no eyes, and the complete mid-body somite is divided unequally into five annuli. Results of phylogenetic analysis based on morphological characters and COI gene sequence indicate the species to be closely related to Erpobdella japonica, E. octoculata and E. testacea.

• 出版日期2015-9-9