Salifidae
Family of annelid worms
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Salifidae is a family of annelids belonging to the order Arhynchobdellida.[1] Like all leeches, salifids are hermaphrodites and most are very good swimmers.[2] Salifids live in aerated streams in Africa, Asia, and some Pacific islands.[3][2] They are macrophagous carnivores, rather than haematophagous (blood-sucking), and swallow their prey whole.[2] Prey animals include mainly chironomid larvae.[3][2] Salifids have pharyngeal stylets rather than the jaws or probosces present in other leeches.[2]
| Salifidae | |
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| Barbronia weberi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Subclass: | Hirudinea |
| Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
| Suborder: | Erpobdelliformes |
| Family: | Salifidae Johansson, 1909 |
Genera
GBIF includes:[1]
- Barbronia Johansson, 1918
- Dineta Goddard, 1908
- Linta Westergren & Siddall, 2004
- Lumbricobdella Kennel, 1886
- Mimobdella Blanchard, 1897
- Odontobdella Oka, 1923
- Salifa Blanchard, 1897
- Sinodontobdella Nesemann et al., 2007