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Issue: Vol. 4272 No. 4: 31 May 2017
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2017-05-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.4.9
Page range: 591–595
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Helobdella buzz n. sp. (Clitellata: Hirudinida), a bromeliad leech from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Laboratório de Poliquetologia (LaPol), Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Rua do Matão, travessa 14, n. 101, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Laboratório de Poliquetologia (LaPol), Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Rua do Matão, travessa 14, n. 101, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Rua do Matão, 277, 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Annelida Clitellata Hirudinida

Abstract

Tank bromeliads are important components of tropical forests and are capable of hosting many species of invertebrates in their tank water, such as insect larvae, ostracods and oligochaetes (Frank & Lounibos 2009; Jocque & Field 2014; Richardson 1999).

 

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