Richardson, Laurence R. (1969). The family Ozobranchidae redefined, and a novel ozobranchiform leech from Murray River turtles (class Hirudinoidea; order Rhynchobdelliformes). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 91: 61-80.
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Richardson, Laurence R.
1969
The family Ozobranchidae redefined, and a novel ozobranchiform leech from Murray River turtles (class Hirudinoidea; order Rhynchobdelliformes)
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
A new genus [Bogabdella] is provided for a leech from Emydura macquari [Chelonia] at Lake Boga, Victoria, novel in possessing digitiform gills, etc. This is the first freshwater clitellate rhynchobdellid known in Australia. The external features of Ozobranchus branchiatus and O. margoi are described from specimens taken from marine turtles at Heron Island, which gives the first record of O. margoi in the Southern Hemisphere, and is the fifth time the species has been taken. The redefined Family Ozobranchidae excludes the genus Branchellion. [The omitted name of the new genus and new species is Bogabdella diversa
