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Tracing the origin of "Durdubak": DNA barcoding reveals that the widely used fish bait is a recently described leech species from Türkiye

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  • 1. Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Džordža Vašingtona b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9724-345X
  • 2. Bernd-Blindow-Schule Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. E-mail: c.grosser@gmx.de; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9656-7594
  • 3. Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Džordža Vašingtona b.b., 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro. E-mail: milicajovanovic93@yahoo.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1836-1210
  • 4. Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, Department of Biology and Ecology,University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000 Niš, Serbia. E-mail: djuradj.milosevic@pmf.edu.rs; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5328-3898 * Corresponding author. E-mail: vladopesic@gmail.com

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Pešić, Vladimir, Grosser, Clemens, Jovanović, Milica, Milošević, Djuradj (2025): Tracing the origin of "Durdubak": DNA barcoding reveals that the widely used fish bait is a recently described leech species from Türkiye. Ecologica Montenegrina 88: 263-269, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.88.18, URL: https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.88.18

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