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.