Description: Leeches rest on the seabed after feeding on fishes (Notostomum sucks the blood of rays and eelpouts).
Up to 200 mm long Item Type: Image Title: Notostomum laeve Species: Notostomum laeve Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of ShetlandNorth Sea -- West of Shetland Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1156 Latitude: 61 deg 16' 00" N Longitude: 2 deg 59' 00" E Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Rig: Leiv Eiriksson Project Partners: Shell ROV: Magnum 105 and Magnum 146 Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones Deposited On: 09 May 2014
William A. Hopkins, William E. Moser, David W. Garst, Dennis J. Richardson, Charlotte I. Hammond, Eric A. Lazo-Wasem
Zookeys
Figure 2.Dorsal surface of Placobdella appalachiensis sp. n., Holotype USNM 1232924 collected from an adult eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) from stream reach A3 in southwest Virginia, USA. Scale bar equals 1 mm.
William A. Hopkins, William E. Moser, David W. Garst, Dennis J. Richardson, Charlotte I. Hammond, Eric A. Lazo-Wasem
Zookeys
Figure 3.Ventral surface of Placobdella appalachiensis sp. n., Holotype USNM 1232924 collected from an adult eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) from stream reach A3 in southwest Virginia, USA. Scale bar equals 1 mm.
