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The occurrence of freshwater leeches in ten different wadis in Yemen was determined. Four species were recorded for the first time: Batracobdelloides tricarinatus, Helobdella conifera, Limnatis nilotica and Placobdelloides multistriatus. These species, typically found in Africa, are recorded in Yemen on the border of two biogeographical regions.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sana'a, P.O. Box 392, Sana'a, Republic of Yemen
M. M. Al-Safadi - Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
N. A. El-Shimy
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- M. M. Al-Safadi
- N. A. El-Shimy
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Al-Safadi, M.M., El-Shimy, N.A. Freshwater leeches from Yemen.Hydrobiologia 263, 185–190 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00006269
- Received: 05 February 1992
- Revised: 10 November 1992
- Accepted: 14 January 1993
- Issue date: July 1993
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00006269