| Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
| Family: | Haemadipsidae |
| Genus: | Tritetrabdella |
| Species: | T. kinabaluensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis Kappes, 2013 | |
Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis is a species of terrestrial blood-feeding leech in the family Haemadipsidae. It has been observed exclusively from Sabah, Malaysia. The species is divided into two subspecies: Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis kinabaluensis and Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis inobongensis, the former being the typical subspecies. The species epithet derives from the sacred mountain Mount Kinabalu.
Appearance
Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis has the following physical traits, regardless of subspecies:
- Fifty-five friction rays on the caudal sucker
- Creamy white to beige dorsum with brown stripes with dark outline.
- Female's gonopore in the posterior region of the seventh somite.
Footnotes
Notes
- Textured rays on haemadipsid leeches' suckers to increase suction.
Citations
- ^ "Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis Kappes, 2013". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ 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 1383-4517.
- "Taxonomy browser (Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- Nakano, Takafumi; Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai; Nguyen, Tao Thien; Panha, Somsak (2016-05-20). "A new species of Tritetrabdella (Hirudinida: Hirudiniformes: Haemadipsidae) from northern Indochina". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64: 105–116. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5354972.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis | |