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Branchellion torpedinis
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Branchellion torpedinis

Branchellion torpedinis is a species of marine leech found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. A permanent and exclusive parasite of elasmobranchs, B. torpedinis was first described in 1822 from the eastern Mediterranean.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 702469.