Theromyzon sp.

Kaygorodova, Irina A., 2015, Annotated checklist of the leech species diversity in the Maloe More Strait of Lake Baikal, Russia, ZooKeys 545, pp. 37-52 : 43

Taxon classification Animalia Rhynchobdellea Glossiphoniidae

Theromyzon sp.

New species records.

Ulirba Bay.

Morphological characteristics.

Specimens are 12 mm in length and about 2 mm in width and can stretch up to 15-17 mm, becoming 1 mm in width. It has four pairs of eyes as do all representatives of the genus. A special colouration of the body sets them apart from all other known species (Fig. 4).

Ecological characteristics.

Representatives of this genus are known as bloodsuckers of birds ( Sawyer 1986, Lukin 1976, Nesemann and Neubert 1999). The host for the Maloe More Theromyzon is unknown, since these specimens were found free-living.