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Placobdella nabeulensis sp. nov. (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae), a new glossiphoniiform leech from Palearctic North Africa
2023-04-27
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Herein, we describe a new species of turtle blood-feeding leech, <italic>Placobdella nabeulensis</italic> sp. nov. from Palearctic North Africa (Tunisia and Algeria). The new species is described based on detailed morphological analyses using light and scanning electron microscopes. Apart from the detailed morphology of the atrium, morphological features alone do not sufficiently separa...
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- dd3cb294-cd9b-5acc-90f6-36aefdd899a1
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2840473/v1
