| Annelida | Polychaeta | Sedentaria | Oligochaeta | Clitellata | Rhynchobdellida |
| Piscicolidae | Pterobdella | occidentalis |
| Genus | Species |
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Ptero6, QMOUL0000299. Collected as a parasite from the longjaw mudsucker Gillichthys mirabilis. Originally identified as Pterobdella sp. o SKG-2022, to be described as Pterobdella occidentalis in Goffredi et al. 2022, accepted to Journal of Parasitology. Whole organism; frozen on dry ice for approximately 2 hrs, 2022-05-30, and then moved to -80C.
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Anaheim Bay, Orange County, California
33.7378° N
118.0773° W
0.0 - 2.0 m
May 20, 2022
beach seine
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Ralph Appy
Shana Goffredi
frozen
frozen
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Habitat: muddy bay. Collected as parasites from the longjaw mudsucker Gillichthys mirabilis.