Cichocka Joanna M, Bielecki Aleksander, Kur Jarosław, Pikuła Dorota, Kilikowska Adrianna, Biernacka Beata
Department of Zoology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego St. 5, 10-718 Olsztyn.; Email:
Empty Spaces Research, Miłosza St. 14b, 83-000 Pruszcz Gdański.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Sep 9;4013(3):413-27. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.3.5.
Erpobdella borisi n. sp. is a predatory leech inhabiting cave waters in Iran. Probably, it is either a troglobiont or troglophile. The leech has no eyes, and the complete mid-body somite is divided unequally into five annuli. Results of phylogenetic analysis based on morphological characters and COI gene sequence indicate the species to be closely related to Erpobdella japonica, E. octoculata and E. testacea.
博氏艾氏蛭，新物种，是一种栖息于伊朗洞穴水域的捕食性水蛭。它可能是洞穴生物或洞穴喜好生物。这种水蛭没有眼睛，完整的中体节被不均等地分为五个环带。基于形态特征和细胞色素氧化酶亚基I（COI）基因序列的系统发育分析结果表明，该物种与日本艾氏蛭、八目艾氏蛭和试验艾氏蛭密切相关。
