Zeylanicobdella arugamensis de Silva, 1963

Darabi-Darestani, Kaveh, Sari, Alireza & Sarafrazi, Alimorad, 2016, Five new records and an annotated checklist of the leeches (Annelida: Hirudinida) of Iran, Zootaxa 4170 (1), pp. 41-70 : 67

Zeylanicobdella arugamensis de Silva, 1963

General distribution and habitats. Distributed in Iranian coast of Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean ( Raj 1974; Polgar et al. 2009). Usually found living as ecto-parasite on mudskippers.

Remarks. Reported by Polgar et al. (2009) from Iranian coast of Persian Gulf.

A summary of all known leech species from Iran is presented in Table 1.

Family Genus Species

Arhynchobdellids Erpobdellidae Dina D. farsa *

D. lineata concolor * D. lineata lineata * D. orientalis

D. punctata punctata * + D. stschegolewi * Erpobdella E. borisi *

E. monostriata * + E. octoculata * E. vilnensis * + Trocheta Tr. haskonis * + Haemopidae Haemopis Ha. sanguisuga * Hirudinidae Hirudo Hi. orientalis * Limnatis L. nilotica

L. paluda *

Rhynchobdellids Glossiphoniidae Glossiphonia G. concolor * + Helobdella Hel. stagnalis * Hemiclepis Hem. marginata Placobdella Pl. costata *

Theromyzon Th. affinis

Ozobranchidae Ozobranchus O. branchiatus Piscicolidae Piscicola Pi. geometra

Zeylanicobdella Z. arugamensis