| a new species of oceanobdella (hirudinida: piscicolidae) from the plain sculpin, myoxocephalus jaok, from bristol bay, alaska. | oceanobdella khani n. sp. is described from the plain sculpin, myoxocephalus jaok, from bristol bay, alaska, in the eastern bering sea. prevalence was never greater than 10% in any single collection; maximum intensity was 12 leeches per host, but most fish had 5 or fewer leeches. oceanobdella khani possesses generic characters of small oral sucker, 5 pairs of testisacs, unremarkable terminal male reproductive organs, coelomic system lacking pulsatile vesicles, and 3 pairs of eyes on the oral suc ... | 2004 | 15357070 |