Recent evolution of ancient Arctic leech relatives: systematics of Acanthobdellida

• Published in: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
• Main Authors: de Carle, Danielle Božena, Gajda, Łukasz, Bielecki, Aleksander, Cios, Stanisław, Cichocka, Joanna M, Golden, Heidi E, Gryska, Andrew D, Sokolov, Sergey, Shedko, Marina Borisowna, Knudsen, Rune, Utevsky, Serge, Świątek, Piotr, Tessler, Michael
• Other Authors: NSF, NSERC Postgraduate Doctoral Scholarship
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Leech; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac006; https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-pdf/196/1/149/45582839/zlac006.pdf

Abstract Acanthobdellida gnaw into the sides of salmonid fishes in frigid Arctic lakes and rivers, latching on with fearsome facial hooks. Sister to leeches, they are an ancient lineage with two described species. Unfortunately, Acanthobdellida are rarely collected, leading to a paucity of literatur...