Primeros registros en Canarias de sanguijuelas marinas (Hirudinea, piscicolidae)
- Burreson, E.
- Martínez, Alejandro
- Núñez Fraga, Jorge
- Moro Abad, Leopoldo
ISSN: 1130-4723
Year of publication: 2006
Volume: 18
Issue: 3-4
Pages: 61-66
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias: = Folia Canariensis Academiae Scientiarum
Abstract
Two species of sea leeches, parasites of fishes, are recorded for the first time for the littoral of Canary Islands. Both are members of the widely distributed family Piscicolidae: Trachelobdella lubrica (Grube, 1840) and Stibarobdella macrothela (Schmarda, 1861). Specimens were collected in various coastal environments, not fixed to the fish host. New information is contributed on the distribution of these two species, as well as original ico- nography for its identification.