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Genus of land leeches in the family Haemadipsidae

Tritetrabdella
T. taiwana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Family: Haemadipsidae
Genus: Tritetrabdella
Moore, 1938
Type species
T. scandens
Moore, 1938

Tritetrabdella is a genus of terrestrial hemataphagous leeches in the family Haemadipsidae. Unlike other haemadipsid leeches, Tritetrabdella species have four annuli on their mid-body segments. They have three jaws, with a total 45 teeth, and lack salivary papillae. Tritrabdella feeds primarily on amphibians and probably on small mammals as well, but to a lesser extent. Bornean species may be endangered due to amphibian population decline, disturbance and fragmentation of habitat, and climate fluctuations.

Species

Five species are recognized:

References

  1. ^ "Tritetrabdella Moore, 1938". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  2. Ngamprasertwong, Thongchai; Thirakhupt, K.; Panha, S. (Oct 2007). "Two New Species of Land Leeches from Thailand (Hirudiniformes: Haemadipsidae)". The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University. 7 (2). S2CID 131374580.
  3. Nakano, Takafumi, Ekgachai Jeratthitikul, Tao T. Nguyen & Somsak Panha. "A new species of Tritetrabdella (Hirudinida: Hirudiniformes: Haemadipsidae) from northern Indochina". zoobank.org. Retrieved 2023-01-23. Full text.
  4. Hamlyn-Harris, Ronald; Museum, Queensland; Hamlyn-Harris, Ronald; Museum, Queensland (1974). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. Vol. 17. Brisbane: Queensland Museum.
  5. ^ Lai, Yi-Te; Nakano, Takafumi; Chen, Jiun-Hong (2011-10-25). "Three species of land leeches from Taiwan, Haemadipsa rjukjuana comb. n., a new record for Haemadipsa picta Moore, and an updated description of Tritetrabdella taiwana (Oka)". ZooKeys (139): 1–22. doi:10.3897/zookeys.139.1711. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3260908. PMID 22259307.
  6. ^ Kappes, Heike (2013-12-20). "Genetics and morphology of the genus Tritetrabdella (Hirudinea, Haemadipsidae) from the mountainous rain forests of Sabah, Borneo, reveal a new species with two new subspecies". Contributions to Zoology. 82 (4): 185–197. doi:10.1163/18759866-08204003. ISSN 1875-9866.
Taxon identifiers
Tritetrabdella
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