Description: English: A small oblong leech with a sucker disk at one end and a biting mouth at the other. Date: 1904. Source: Benham, W.B. (1904). "On a new species of land leech (Hirudo antipodium) recently discovered in New Zealand." Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 36: 185–19. Author: Benham, W.B.
Description: English: The cocoon of a terrestrial leech, Hirudobdella antipodum, found only on the Open Bay Islands of New Zealand. Date: 1904. Source: Benham, W.B. (1904). "On a new species of land leech (Hirudo antipodium) recently discovered in New Zealand." Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 36: 185–192. Author: Benham, W.B.