Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis

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

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]

Appearance

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

Fifty-five friction rays[lower-alpha 1] 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

Notes

Textured rays on haemadipsid leeches' suckers to increase suction.

Citations

"Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis Kappes, 2013". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
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.
"Taxonomy browser (Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
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.

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[5] Textured rays on haemadipsid leeches' suckers to increase suction.

[:0-1] "Tritetrabdella kinabaluensis Kappes, 2013". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-01-26.

[:1-2] 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.