Gastropod shell as a substrate for cocoon deposition by the deep-sea fish leech Notostomum cyclostomum (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae)

Cocoons of the piscicolid leech Notostomum cyclostomum Johansson, 1898 were found on the shell of the whelk Buccinum striatissimum collected at 200 m in depth in the southern Sea of Japan off Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan. The leech appears to utilize whelks as well as snow crabs Chionoecetes opil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nagasawa, Kazuya, Ueda, Yuji
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Biogeographical Society of Japan 2013
Subjects:
Notostomum cyclostomum
Hirudinida
Piscicolidae
fish leech
cocoon deposition
whelk
Buccinum striatissimum
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Leech
Chionoecetes opilio
Online Access:http://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/00035283
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Summary:Cocoons of the piscicolid leech Notostomum cyclostomum Johansson, 1898 were found on the shell of the whelk Buccinum striatissimum collected at 200 m in depth in the southern Sea of Japan off Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan. The leech appears to utilize whelks as well as snow crabs Chionoecetes opilio as a substrate for cocoon deposition.

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