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With more than 700 described species, leeches include morphological, physiological, and behavioral diversity and occur in terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems.
Anna J. Phillips +2 more
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O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar as comunidades componentes de parasitos em Chaetobranchus flavescens de um tributário do Rio Amazonas,Brasil.
Marcos TAVARES-DIAS +3 more
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Factors associated with parasite dominance in fishes from Brazil
The present study used regression models to evaluate the existence of factors that may influence the numerical parasite dominance with an epidemiological approximation. A database including 3,746 fish specimens and their respective parasites were used to
Cristina Fernandes do Amarante +3 more
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Leta 1995 je bil v Savi pri Termah Čatež najden za Slovenijo nov takson pijavke, katerega značilnosti se ujemajo z vrsto Glossiphonia slovaca (Košel 1973). Taksonomija te vrste in njenega sestrskega taksona G.
Peter Trontelj
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This paper reports the finding of several Ozobranchus margoi (Annelida: Hirudinea) parasitizing a loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) that was found in the municipality of Tavares, state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.
Carla Rosane Rodenbusch +3 more
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Se registra por primera vez para aguas cubanas Stibarobdella macrothela(Schmarda, 1861) (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae), colectada en la piel de la porción media del cuerpo, por debajo de la aleta dorsal de Ginglymostoma cirratum (Bonnaterre, 1788 ...
Ramón A. Fernández Osoria +1 more
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First record of the freshwater leech Hemiclepsis schrencki Bolotov, Klass, Bespalaya, Konopleva, Kondakov & Vikhrev, 2019 (Hirudinea, Glossiphoniidae) in Hokkaido, Japan [PDF]
Freshwater leeches of the genus Hemiclepsis Vejdovský, 1884 were collected in Hokkaido, Japan, and identified as H. schrencki Bolotov, Klass, Bespalaya, Konopleva, Kondakov & Vikhrev, 2019.
Chiaki Kambayashi, Takafumi Nakano
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ABSTRACT Ditches are essential elements of the agricultural landscape because of their role as habitat or refuge for aquatic species, especially in homogenized and intensively cultivated areas. However, data on the biodiversity associated with agricultural ditches, and its variation over time, are underrepresented in ecological research.
Michela Rappocciolo +5 more
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Urbanisation Restructures but Does Not Reduce Freshwater Pond Biodiversity
ABSTRACT Aim Urbanisation is a dominant driver of landscape change leading to widespread displacement, degradation and fragmentation of habitat for native species and numerous studies have documented loss of biodiversity in response. However, most studies focus on a small range of taxa (e.g., vertebrates, plants), leaving many other groups poorly ...
Julia M. Portmann +5 more
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New records of Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus 1758) (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) in Ebro River Basin (N Spain). [PDF]
This note represents a contribution to the knowledge of the presence of the fish leech Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus 1758) (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) in the Ebro River Basin. This species was collected in two rivers in the Ebro River Basin.
Oscoz, J., Tomás, P., Durán, C.
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