piscicolid leech
eggs Glyptonotobdella antarcticaThe piscicolid leech Glyptonotobdella antarctica is known to move between the giant Antarctic isopod Glyptonotus antarcticus, Sterechinus sea urchins, and some species of the octopus Pareledone [1].
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piscicolid leech
eggs Glyptonotobdella antarctica
The piscicolid leech
Glyptonotobdella antarctica is known to move between the giant Antarctic
isopod Glyptonotus antarcticus, Sterechinus sea urchins, and some
species of the octopus Pareledone [1].
As shown here, egg cocoons of
this leech can be found on the ventral (under) side of the
giant Antarctic isopod Glyptonotus antarcticus [1].
A
closer view of a leech egg cocoon.
Most likely the leech Glyptonotobdella
antarctica moves between different hosts and their potential prey [1].
1: Polar Biology 13(5):347-354, 1993
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