Biology:Tritetrabdella

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Short description: Genus of land leeches in the family Haemadipsidae

Tritetrabdella
Tritetrabdella taiwana.jpg
T. taiwana
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Tritetrabdella Moore, 1938". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/4810271. 
  2. Ngamprasertwong, Thongchai; Thirakhupt, K.; Panha, S. (2007). "Two New Species of Land Leeches from Thailand (Hirudiniformes: Haemadipsidae)" (in en). https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Two-New-Species-of-Land-Leeches-from-Thailand-Ngamprasertwong-Thirakhupt/707ce66daa75e304ec52d1f37e8a7b65e2e2f32f. 
  3. Nakano, Takafumi, Ekgachai Jeratthitikul, Tao T. Nguyen & Somsak Panha. "A new species of Tritetrabdella (Hirudinida: Hirudiniformes: Haemadipsidae) from northern Indochina.". https://zoobank.org/References/3B918034-7C31-4D51-81AA-E1C06142C38F.  Full text.
  4. Hamlyn-Harris, Ronald; Museum, Queensland; Hamlyn-Harris, Ronald; Museum, Queensland (1974). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 17. Brisbane: Queensland Museum. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/191833. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 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)" (in en). ZooKeys 139: 1–22. doi:10.3897/zookeys.139.1711. ISSN 1313-2970. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/2847/. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 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. https://brill.com/view/journals/ctoz/82/4/article-p185_3.xml. 

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