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ArticleSystematic parasitology2025

Cochimibdella mexicana n. gen. n. sp. (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae), from Octopus bimaculatus Verrill (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the Gulf of California, Mexico.

Fernando Ruiz-Escobar, Graciela E Colunga-Ramírez, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa, Sheila Castellanos-Martínez

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Fernando Ruiz-EscobarDoctorado en Ciencias en Oceanografía Costera, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas-Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Carretera Transpeninsular Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3917 Fraccionamiento Playitas, C.P. 22860, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7283-1709
Graciela E Colunga-RamírezInstituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Carretera Transpeninsular Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3917 Fraccionamiento Playitas, C.P. 22860, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
Alejandro Oceguera-FigueroaLaboratorio de Helmintología, Departamento de Zoología, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer circuito s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Copilco, Coyoacán, A.P. 70-153, 04510, Ciudad de México, Mexico. aoceguera@ib.unam.mx.
Sheila Castellanos-MartínezInstituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Carretera Transpeninsular Ensenada-Tijuana No. 3917 Fraccionamiento Playitas, C.P. 22860, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. scastellanos44@uabc.edu.mx.

Funding

Conchologists of America Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club AwardConsejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías 286347Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías ScholarshipPrograma de Apoyo a Proyectos de Investigación e Innovación, UNAM IN 215722
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Abstract

Cochimibdella mexicana n. gen. n. sp. is described based on morphological data and comparative analysis of DNA sequences, including two mitochondrial (cytochrome oxidase subunit I and 12s rRNA) and nuclear (18S rRNA and 28S rRNA) loci. Leech specimens were found in the mantle cavity and external surface of the octopus Octopus bimaculatus from Bahía de los Ángeles, Baja California, México. In vivo observations of recently hatched leeches in the laboratory confirm a broad prey range, including fishes, the most common hosts of the family species. The new taxon differs from species of the family Piscicolidae in possession of weakly developed tubercles in a3 of the urosome. In addition, molecular analysis places Cochimibdella mexicana n. gen. n. sp. sister to Austrobdella californiana and Myzobdella lugubris. This work amends a previous record of the elasmobranch-feeding leech Pontobdella (=Stibarobdella) moorei as a parasite of Octopus bimaculatus from the type locality of the new taxon.

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LeechesOctopodiformesAnimalsElectron Transport Complex IVGulf of AmericaMexicoMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyRNA, RibosomalRNA, Ribosomal, 18SRNA, Ribosomal, 28SSpecies SpecificityElectron Transport Complex IVRNA, RibosomalRNA, ribosomal, 12SRNA, Ribosomal, 18SRNA, Ribosomal, 28S

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