52. Acanthobdella peledina Grube, 1851

Geographic distribution.

Palaearctic region, namely Northern Eurasia. In the Russian tundra: the Vashutkiny lakes system (Lukin 1966), northern part of Western Siberia (Zaloznyj 1984), the Gydansky Peninsula (Gagnon and Shorthouse 2019).

Location.

Lake Bolshoy Kharbey (67°31'8"N, 62°53'2.8"E), temporary pond (67°58'00"N, 62°34'60"E).

Ecology.

Parasite of arctic salmonid fish. Within the area, A. peledina was observed on Coregonus lavaretus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Thymallus thymallus (Linnaeus, 1758).