Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of leech (Glossiphoniidae, Hirudinida): Implications for the health of its imperiled amphibian host (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis).

Autor: Hopkins WA; Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, 106 Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA., Moser WE; Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, MRC 534, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746 USA., Garst DW; Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, 106 Cheatham Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA., Richardson DJ; School of Biological Sciences, Quinnipiac University, 275 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518 USA., Hammond CI; School of Biological Sciences, Quinnipiac University, 275 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518 USA., Lazo-Wasem EA; Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

Publikováno v: ZooKeys [Zookeys] 2014 Feb 07 (378), pp. 83-101. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Feb 07 (Print Publication: 2014).