Species Habeobdella stagni Richardson, 1971

Museums

Regional Maps

• Habeobdella stagni Richardson, L.R. 1971. Habeobdella stagni, a new genus and species from southwestern Australia (Hirudinoidea: Richardsonianidae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 54: 47-52.

 

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Adults and juveniles: aquatic, freshwater, sanguinivore.

 

Diagnosis

Five dorsal stripes, narrow median stripe, wide inner and outer paired stripes, inner paired stripes subdued by pale greyish clouding and may appear as two narrow stripes, margins darker than venter, no salivary gland papillae on jaws, segment XXV five-annulate, vaginal caecum enlarged, length and width about equal to the width of the vagina.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)