Description: Leeches rest on the seabed after feeding on fishes (Notostomum sucks the blood of rays and eelpouts).
Up to 200 mm long Item Type: Image Title: Notostomum laeve Species: Notostomum laeve Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of ShetlandNorth Sea -- West of Shetland Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1156 Latitude: 61 deg 16' 00" N Longitude: 2 deg 59' 00" E Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Rig: Leiv Eiriksson Project Partners: Shell ROV: Magnum 105 and Magnum 146 Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones Deposited On: 09 May 2014
Figure 1. Map showing the collection localities of Orobdella koikei sp. n. and Orobdella kawakatsuorum Richardson, 1975. Black triangles indicate the localities of Orobdella koikei; black circles indicate those of Orobdella kawakatsuorum 1 type locality of Orobdella kawakatsuorum; and 2 type locality of Orobdella koikei.
William A. Hopkins, William E. Moser, David W. Garst, Dennis J. Richardson, Charlotte I. Hammond, Eric A. Lazo-Wasem
Zookeys
Figure 2.Dorsal surface of Placobdella appalachiensis sp. n., Holotype USNM 1232924 collected from an adult eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) from stream reach A3 in southwest Virginia, USA. Scale bar equals 1 mm.
Figure 3. Orobdella koikei sp. n., holotype, KUZ Z156 A Dorsal view of somites I–VIII B ventral view of somites I–VIII C dorsal view of somites XXV–XXVII and caudal sucker D ventral view of somites XXV–XXVII and caudal sucker E ventral view of somites XI–XIII F ventral view of gastroporal duct; and G ventral view of gastropore and female gonopore. Scale bars, 0.5 mm (A–F) and 0.25 mm (G). Abbreviations: af, annular furrow; an, anus; cp, crop; fp, female gonopore; gd, gastroporal duct; gp, gastropore; mp, male gonopore; np, nephridiopore; and ph, pharynx.
William A. Hopkins, William E. Moser, David W. Garst, Dennis J. Richardson, Charlotte I. Hammond, Eric A. Lazo-Wasem
Zookeys
Figure 3.Ventral surface of Placobdella appalachiensis sp. n., Holotype USNM 1232924 collected from an adult eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) from stream reach A3 in southwest Virginia, USA. Scale bar equals 1 mm.
