tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post8162151962443857729..comments2024-03-27T19:39:11.723-04:00Comments on Parasite of the Day: January 25 - Branchellion torpedinisSusan Perkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05944116263349266952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-83927951898284623742022-02-03T12:55:53.306-05:002022-02-03T12:55:53.306-05:00Is there any posible way to treat or to eliminate ...Is there any posible way to treat or to eliminate the leeches?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15143649098838992071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-9129903421081432362010-01-25T17:34:43.965-05:002010-01-25T17:34:43.965-05:00Thanks Mark, I learned something today! What I CA...Thanks Mark, I learned something today! What I CAN say for sure is that they are gregarious little fellas, with high reproductive potential. Often times a large adult will have a bevy of babies crawling all over it. Deliciously ghoulish!Al Dovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14048245803315940129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094038346173044955.post-22739306922863033112010-01-25T09:53:30.956-05:002010-01-25T09:53:30.956-05:00A lovely choice for the quotidian critter. I have...A lovely choice for the quotidian critter. I have added <a href="http://bdellanea.blogspot.com/2010/01/branchellion-torpedinis-parasite-of-day.html" rel="nofollow"> two additional images</a> of this beautiful leech on <a href="http://bdellanea.blogspot.com/%22" rel="nofollow">Bdellanea</a>. What is not clear, though is whether the folacious branchiae have anything to do with respiration. The lateral coelomic respiratory "pulsatile" vesicles are not precisely correlated with the branchiae. Perhaps they are merely for our aesthetic amusement.Mark Siddallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569596998437017042noreply@blogger.com