Haemadipsa
Haemadipsa | |
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Tiger leech in Borneo, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Class: | Clitellata |
Order: | Hirudinea |
Family: | Haemadipsidae |
Genus: | Haemadipsa |
Species | |
See text |
Commonly known as jawed land leeches, these annelids are known from subtropical and tropical regions around the Indian and Pacific Ocean. Well-known Haemadipsa are for example the Indian Leech (Haemadipsa sylvestris) and the yamabiru or Japanese Mountain Leech (Haemadipsa zeylanica). Members of the genus feed on blood.[1]
Species in the genus Haemadipsa[2]
- Haemadipsa cavatuses
- Haemadipsa cochiniana
- Haemadipsa crenata
- Haemadipsa hainana
- Haemadipsa interrupta
- Haemadipsa japonica
- Haemadipsa limuna
- Haemadipsa montana
- Haemadipsa ornata
- Haemadipsa picta (Tiger leech)
- Haemadipsa rjukjuana
- Haemadipsa sumatrana
- Haemadipsa sylvestris (Indian leech)
- Haemadipsa trimaculosa
- Haemadipsa zeylanica (Japanese mountain leech)
References
- ↑ Haemadipsidae
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Life. "Details for: Haemadipsa " (HTML). Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
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