Two new species of helobdella blanchard 1896 (hirudinida: Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) from taiwan, with a checklist of hirudinea fauna of the island

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2068, 2009, Pages 27-46

  Lai, Y I T E ^a   Chang, Chih Han ^a   Chen, Jiun Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dna barcode; Helobdella europaea; Helobdella melananus; Helobdella octatestisaca; Hirudinea; Invasive species; Taiwan; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

GLOSSIPHONIIDAE; HAEMADIPSIDAE; HAEMOPIDAE; HELOBDELLA; HELOBDELLA EUROPAEA; HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA; HIRUDINIDAE; RHYNCHOBDELLIDA; SALIFIDAE;

EID: 65349103113     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2068.1.2     Document Type: Article

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