Latest Articles from Check List Latest 2 Articles from Check List https://checklist.pensoft.net/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:05:23 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://checklist.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Check List https://checklist.pensoft.net/ First record of a potentially introduced leech, Helobdella aff. robusta Shankland, Bissen & Weisblat, 1992 (Hirudinea, Glossiphoniidae), in Japan https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/104908/ Check List 19(4): 473-477

DOI: 10.15560/19.4.473

Authors: Chiaki Kambayashi, Takafumi Nakano

Abstract: Helobdella aff. robusta Shankland, Bissen & Weisblat, 1992 is recorded for the first time from Japan. The haplotype of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequence of a specimen from Japan is identical to that of one collected in California, USA. The dorsal pigmentation pattern of the Japanese specimens is different from that of H. robusta inhabiting North America, but nonetheless, most of their morphological characteristics are con-sistent with the diagnostic features of this species. This species is considered to be of New World origin, and the Japanese population was likely established from a recent introduction.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Wed, 5 Jul 2023 18:27:00 +0300
New host and distribution record of Pontobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861) (Annelida, Hirudinea) from a Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos (Bleeker, 1856), in Mozambique, Western Indian Ocean https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/31669/ Check List 15(2): 265-268

DOI: 10.15560/15.2.265

Authors: Clare A. Keating Daly, Danielle Orrell, Isabel M. da Silva, João P. F. Macuio, Tessa N. Hempson, Mark Ziembicki, Nigel E. Hussey, Ryan Daly

Abstract: This report describes the first record of the piscicolid leech Pontobdella macrothela from Mozambique waters and the first record of P. macrothela parasitizing a Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos). The leech, P. macrothela, was found attached externally between the third and fourth gill slits of a shark captured off Vamizi Island, Quirimbas Archipelago, northern Mozambique.

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