Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis | |
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Scientific classification
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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
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Binomial name | |
Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis
Kappes, 2013
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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 has the following physical traits, regardless of subspecies: [2] [4]