Parapraobdella, Phillips & Oosthuizen & Siddall, 2011

Phillips, Anna J., Oosthuizen, J. H. & Siddall, Mark E., 2011, Redescription, phylogenetic placement, and taxonomic reassignment of Mesobdella lineata (Sciacchitano, 1959) (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida), American Museum Novitates 2011 (3711), pp. 1-12 : 6

Parapraobdella , new genus

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DESCRIPTION: Trignathous, monostichodont. Longitudinal furrow in dorsal lip of oral sucker. Complete somite five-annulate. Eyespots dorsal, five pair in broad arch. Crop ceca simple with one pair of ceca per somite, postceca extending bilaterally. Intestine simple, acecate. Anus between last annulus and caudal sucker. Caudal sucker wider than four most posterior somites of body. Reproductive organs micromorphic. Nephridia ventral and bilateral in all cases.

TYPE SPECIES: Parapraobdella lineata ( Sciacchitano, 1959)

ETYMOLOGY: From para (Greek for “alongside”), because it is close to the genus Praobdella .