An annotated checklist of the leech (Annelida: Hirudinida) species of the Moulouya River basin, Morocco, with several new distribution records and a historical overview

Mabrouki‍, Youness; Ahmed, Raja Ben; Taybi, Abdelkhaleq Fouzi; Rueda, Juan

doi:10.1080/15627020.2019.1671218

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“…Due to the lack of studies on aquatic biota, the Moulouya basin and Oriental Morocco have always been underestimated in terms of biodiversity, but the extension of our research in the orographically intricate sub-basin of Melloulou River, has boosted the macroinvertebrate richness of this poorly studied area joining 38 species (31 % of the total taxa inventoried) as new for Moulouya and Oriental Morocco (see Table S2), completing a rich macroinvertebrate community of 23 species of Ephemeroptera (Mabrouki et al, 2017b), at least nine of Plecoptera (Mabrouki et al, 2016), 146 species of Coleoptera (Mabrouki et al, 2018;Taybi et al, 2017a), 47 Odonata (Taybi et al, 2019), 45 Hemiptera (Taybi et al, 2018), at least 41 Trichoptera (Mabrouki et al, 2020), 26 Mollusca (Glöer et al, 2020;Taybi et al, 2017b) and nine freshwater Hirudinea (Mabrouki et al, 2019b). Most of these newly recorded species exhibit pronounced geographic isolation in the Melloulou River such as A. almohades; O. skoura; E. glaucops; C. volubilis; C. petitpierreae; I. cf.…”

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Longitudinal distribution of macroinvertebrate in a very wet North African Basin: Oued Melloulou (Morocco)

Taybi

Mabrouki‍

Dakki

et al. 2020

Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim.

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Melloulou River, which is located in Middle Atlas of Morocco, is a good example of a very wet and poorly known basin, and therefore of special conservation concern. The aim of this study was to draw up an initial inventory of the benthic macroinvertebrates taxa, and to analyze its longitudinal distribution in the basin, particularly searching for the main abiotic factors addressing its zonation for improving future management and conservation actions. The study allowed identifying 161 taxa belonging to 127 genera and 80 families, most new records for northeast Morocco. The biotypology, which was studied by using Foucart' Factorial Correspondence Analysis (FCA), Partial Triadic analysis (PTA), and IndVal showed a longitudinal distribution of macroinvertebrates mainly governed by altitude, slope and current velocity. The studied biota revealed the presence of three assemblages and an important number of ubiquitous species not included in any group. The first group is located in the upper courses of Melloulou River representing a community proper of a crenon-rhithron zone; the second occurs in the middle and lower courses, and clearly reflects the community of a large potamon; the third one is a mixture of taxa capable to colonize the entire study area. Our finding, highlight the singular aquatic biodiversity occurring in the Melloulou River and its extraordinary changing water dynamic over time, which are key factors for future monitoring, as well as managing and conservation actions.

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Longitudinal distribution of macroinvertebrate in a very wet North African Basin: Oued Melloulou (Morocco)

Taybi

Mabrouki‍

Dakki

et al. 2020

Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim.

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“…The remaining species, Placobdella costata (Fr. Mu ¨ller, 1846), is the type species for the genus and the only member with a Palearctic distribution (e.g., Siddall et al, 2005;Mabrouki et al, 2019); however, at least one record of human-mediated introduction of a North American Placobdella species into Europe exists (Soors et al, 2015). Members of Placobdella are recognized by their possession of two pairs of eyespots (the first pair coalesced), a single pair of caecate bacteriomes (bacteria-bearing organs) attached to the esophagus and bilobed ovaries (Siddall et al, 2005); these characters jointly serve as synapomorphies for members of the genus.…”

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Extensive sampling sheds light on species-level diversity in Palearctic Placobdella (Annelida: Clitellata: Glossiphoniiformes)

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The bloodfeeding leech genus Placobdella is dominated by North American diversity, with only a single nominal species known from Central America and one from the Palearctic region. This is likely due to considerable underestimation of Palearctic biodiversity, but investigations into potential hidden diversity are lacking. To shed light on this, the present study introduces new data for specimens initially identified as Placobdella costata from Ukraine (close to the type locality),

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“…54.7030° N, 20.5018° E) Yamal 24 , Taymyr, Iceland 16 , 17 Europe to Eastern Siberia (including Lake Baikal); Iceland 16 , 17 ; North Kazakhstan 84 ; Tajikistan 86 T. tessulatum (O. F. Müller, 1773) = Hirudo tessulata Müller (1773): 45 127 Denmark 127 Iceland 16 ; Bolshezemelskaya Tundra 22 Iceland 16 ; Europe; North Asia 15 ; North Kazakhstan 84 ; Canada (Ontario) Subfamily Haementeriinae Autrum, 1939 Genus Helobdella Blanchard 1896 H. okhotica sp. nov. Russia: Khodeevskoye Lake, 64.7501° N, 177.7771° E, Chukotka Peninsula Arctic Yakutia and Chukotka Peninsula Lena River basin in Eastern Siberia to the Russian Far East H. stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) = Hirudo stagnalis Linnaeus (1758): 649 128 Sweden: north side of Lake Trehörningen, 59.8433° N, 17.8828° E, Uppsala, Uppsala County, Uppland Province (neotype) 129 Arctic Norway, Iceland, Kanin Peninsula, Kolguev Island, Bolshezemelskaya Tundra, Polar Urals, and Taymyr Peninsula Iceland, Europe, Siberia east to the Yenisey and Khatanga basins; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Azerbaijan; Iran 78 ; Turkey 82 ; North Africa (Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt) 79 , 96 , 120 , 121 ; doubtful records from South Africa 81 …”

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Cryptic taxonomic diversity and high-latitude melanism in the glossiphoniid leech assemblage from the Eurasian Arctic

Bolotov

Kondakov

Eliseeva

et al. 2022

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The family Glossiphoniidae is a diverse and widespread clade of freshwater leeches, playing a significant role in functioning of aquatic ecosystems. The taxonomy and biogeography of leeches from temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions attracted much attention of zoologists, while their taxonomic richness and distribution in the Arctic are poorly understood. Here, we present an overview of the Eurasian Arctic Glossiphoniidae based on the most comprehensive occurrence and DNA sequence datasets sampled to date. This fauna contains 14 species, belonging to five genera and three subfamilies. One genus and five species are new to science and described here. The world’s northernmost occurrences of glossiphoniids are situated on the Taymyr Peninsula at 72° N, although further records at higher latitudes are expected. Most Arctic leeches are characterized by broad ranges crossing several climatic zones (e.g., Glossiphonia balcanica and G. nebulosa), although the distribution of two new species may be confined to the high-latitude areas. The Taymyr Peninsula with the nearby Putorana Plateau represents the most species-rich area (totally 9 species), while the European Arctic, Iceland, Kolyma Highland, and Chukotka Peninsula house depleted faunas (2–4 species per subregion). Finally, we show that the high-latitude melanism is a common phenomenon in glossiphoniid leeches.

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An annotated checklist of the leech (Annelida: Hirudinida) species of the Moulouya River basin, Morocco, with several new distribution records and a historical overview

Cited by 20 publications

References 32 publications

Longitudinal distribution of macroinvertebrate in a very wet North African Basin: Oued Melloulou (Morocco)

Longitudinal distribution of macroinvertebrate in a very wet North African Basin: Oued Melloulou (Morocco)

Extensive sampling sheds light on species-level diversity in Palearctic Placobdella (Annelida: Clitellata: Glossiphoniiformes)

Cryptic taxonomic diversity and high-latitude melanism in the glossiphoniid leech assemblage from the Eurasian Arctic

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