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New records of the chaetiferous leech-like annelid Paracanthobdella livanowi (Epshtein, 1966) (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthobdellida) from Kamchatka, Russia

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Acanthobdellidans are unique in their organisation and phylogenetic relationships due to having transitional characters that combine features of oligochaetous and achaetous annelids. Alongside the relatively well-studied Acanthobdella peledina Grube, 1851, there is another member of the group, Paracanthobdella livanowi (Epshtein, 1966), with five rows of chaetae and an anterior sucker. It appears that the anterior sucker is weakly developed in small juveniles but acquires a deep cavity in adults. Smaller individuals of P. livanowi can be distinguished from A. peledina, which does not possess an anterior sucker, by the varying breadth of their chaetae. The mid-body segment consists of two doubled annuli in juveniles and is quadri-annulate in large individuals. In Kamchatka freshwaters, hosts of P. livanowi mostly include Salvelinus spp. and more rarely Gasterosteus aculeatus, Oncorhynchus mykiss and O. kisutch. New information on the distribution and the biology of P. livanowi is presented.

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This research was supported in part by the State Foundation of Fundamental Research of Ukraine (DFFD) grant F40/85-2011. Some pictures were made using the facilities and equipment of the Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, courtesy of Prof. Boris Sket. The study was carried out thanks to cooperative agreement between the Kronotskii State Biosphere Reserve and both IBSS FEB RAS and IPEE RAS.

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  1. Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, pl. Svobody 4, Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine

    Serge Y. Utevsky

  2. A.N. Severtzov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS, Leninskiy pr. 33, Moscow, 119071, Russian Federation

    Sergei G. Sokolov

  3. Institute of Biology and Soil Science (IBSS), Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS), 159 Stoletiya Street, Vladivostok, 690022, Russian Federation

    Marina B. Shedko

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Utevsky, S.Y., Sokolov, S.G. & Shedko, M.B. New records of the chaetiferous leech-like annelid Paracanthobdella livanowi (Epshtein, 1966) (Annelida: Clitellata: Acanthobdellida) from Kamchatka, Russia. Syst Parasitol 84, 71–79 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-012-9390-7

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