ON THE DIVERSITY OF IRANIAN LEECHES (ANNELIDA: HIRUDINEA)
C. GROSSER1 and V. PEŠIĆ2
1Lipsiusstraße 35, 04317 Leipzig, Germany, 2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Montenegro, 81000 Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro
Abstract - Some provinces of Iran were investigated with respect to their aquatic invertebrates during two expeditions. Results of investigating the systematics of leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea) are presented in this paper. Twelve species of leeches are recorded, four of which are new for the country.