Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis

Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis is a species of terrestrial blood-feeding leech in the family Haemadipsidae.[1] It has been observed exclusively from Sabah, Malaysia.[1] The species is divided into two subspecies: Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis kinabaluensis and Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis inobongensis, the former being the typical subspecies.[1][2][3] The species epithet derives from the sacred mountain Mount Kinabalu.[2]

Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Family: Haemadipsidae
Genus: Tritetrabdella
Species:
T. kinabaluensis
Binomial name
Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis
Kappes, 2013

Appearance

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Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis has the following physical traits, regardless of subspecies:[2][4]

  • Fifty-five friction rays[a] on the caudal sucker
  • Creamy white to beige dorsum with brown stripes with dark outline.
  • Female's gonopore in the posterior region of the seventh somite.

Footnotes

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Notes

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  1. ^ Textured rays on haemadipsid leeches' suckers to increase suction.

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c "Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis Kappes, 2013". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
  2. ^ a b c 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 1383-4517.
  3. ^ "Taxonomy browser (Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  4. ^ Nakano, Takafumi; Jeratthitikul, Ekgachai; Nguyen, Tao Thien; Panha, Somsak (2016-05-20). "A new species of Tritetrabdella (Hirudinida: Hirudiniformes: Haemadipsidae) from northern Indochina". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64: 105–116. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5354972.