| a new species of malmiana (oligochaeta: hirudinida: piscicolidae) from tidepool fishes in northern california. | malmiana buthi n. sp. is described from the body and fins of the fluffy sculpin, oligocottus snyderi, the tidepool sculpin, oligocottus maculosus, and the woolly sculpin, clinocottus analis, collected from tidepools at horseshoe cove on the bodega marine reserve in sonoma county, california. prevalence of the leech was 32.6% on live-caught o. snyderi; mean intensity on o. snyderi was 3.3 leeches per fish, with a range from 1 to 7. the leech is not known to exceed 8 mm total length. the body is s ... | 2006 | 16629321 |