Tritetrabdella
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| Tritetrabdella | |
|---|---|
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| T. taiwana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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]