Tritetrabdella

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Tritetrabdella
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T. taiwana
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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. [1] Unlike other haemadipsid leeches, Tritetrabdella species have four annuli on their mid-body segments. [2] [3] They have three jaws, with a total 45 teeth, and lack salivary papillae. [4] [5] Tritrabdella feeds primarily on amphibians and probably on small mammals as well, but to a lesser extent. [6] [5] Bornean species may be endangered due to amphibian population decline, disturbance and fragmentation of habitat, and climate fluctuations. [6]

Species

Five species are recognized: [1]

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References

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  6. 1 2 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.