Tritetrabdella
| Tritetrabdella | |
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| T. taiwana | |
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 Moore, 1938 |
| Type species | |
| T. scandens Moore, 1938
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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
[edit]Five species are recognized:[1]
- Tritetrabdella inobongensis Kappes, 2013
- Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis Kappes, 2013
- Tritetrabdella longiducta Nakano, Jeratthitikul, Nguyen & Panha, 2016
- Tritetrabdella scandens Moore, 1938
- Tritetrabdella taiwana (Oka, 1910)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Tritetrabdella Moore, 1938". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hamlyn-Harris, Ronald; Museum, Queensland; Hamlyn-Harris, Ronald; Museum, Queensland (1974). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. Vol. 17. Brisbane: Queensland Museum.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.