Morphological mechanism allowing a parasitic leech, Ozobranchus jantseanus (Rhynchobdellida: Ozobranchidae), to survive in ultra-low temperatures [PDF]
Biology Open, 2021 Ozobranchus jantseanus is the largest metazoan known to survive in liquid nitrogen without pretreatment to date; however, the mechanism underlying this tolerance remains unclear. In this study, the first analyses of histological and morphological changes
Shengli Gu +7 more
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Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Alboglossiphonia lata Oka, 1910 (Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) and its phylogenetic analysis [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. ResourcesThe complete mitochondrial genome of Alboglossiphonia lata (basionym: Glossiphonia lata), sourced from a biodiversity hotspot of China, has been determined and reported in this study.
Panpan Jin +6 more
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Placobdelloides sirikanchanae sp. nov., a new species of glossiphoniid leech and a parasite of turtles from lower southern Thailand (Hirudinea, Rhynchobdellida) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2019 A new species of glossiphoniid leech, Placobdelloides sirikanchanae sp. nov., is reported in the Asian leaf turtle (Cyclemys dentata) and the dark-bellied leaf turtle (C. enigmatica) from Songkhla Province, southern Thailand.
Poramad Trivalairat +2 more
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Sucking of human blood by Placobdella costata (O. F. Müller, 1846) (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae): Case study with notes on body form [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Four events of Placobdella costata sucking human blood are described. Human blood was sucked by both adult and juvenile specimens of P. costata. The feeding strategies of juveniles under parental care are presented.
Joanna M. Cichocka +8 more
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Genetic Diversity of Freshwater Leeches in Lake Gusinoe (Eastern Siberia, Russia) [PDF]
The Scientific World Journal, 2014 The study of leeches from Lake Gusinoe and its adjacent area offered us the possibility to determine species diversity. As a result, an updated species list of the Gusinoe Hirudinea fauna (Annelida, Clitellata) has been compiled. There are two orders and
Irina A. Kaygorodova +3 more
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First data on the Hirudinea fauna of lotic ecosystems of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area (Russia) [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 Hirudinea, a small and ecologically important group of aquatic organisms, is poorly studied in northern Eurasia. In this study, we demyth the idea of the faunistic poverty of this region and present the first findings of rheophilic leeches from the ...
Lyudmila I. Fedorova +1 more
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First person – Shengli Gu [PDF]
Biology Open, 2021 First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Shengli Gu is first author on ‘ Morphological mechanism allowing
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Parasitism of Placobdelloides siamensis (Oka, 1917) (Glossiphoniidae: Hirudinea) in Snail-eating Turtles, Malayemys spp., and the effects of host and aquatic environmental factors [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2020 The Siam Shield Leech, Placobdelloides siamensis, is a common leech found on Malayemys turtles in Thailand. Sixty Snail-eating Turtles (29 Malayemys macrocephala and 31 M.
Poramad Trivalairat +2 more
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New Records of Lake Baikal Leech Fauna: Species Diversity and Spatial Distribution in Chivyrkuy Gulf
The Scientific World Journal, 2013 The study of several Lake Baikal leech collections offered us the possibility to determine species diversity in the Chivyrkuy Gulf, the biggest one in the lake.
Irina A. Kaygorodova, Nikolay M. Pronin
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Complete mithochondrial genome of Ozobranchus jantseanus (Hirudinida: Arhychobdellida: Ozobranchidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017 The complete mitochondrial genome (14,864 bp) of Ozobranchus jantseanus was sequenced and characterized. The genome was constituted of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 2 rRNAs, 22 tRNAs and a non-coding region (NCR). The content of AT was 72.42% and 84.95%
Xinhua Liu +4 more
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