Haemadipsa

Haemadipsa
Tiger leech in Borneo, Malaysia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Hirudinea
Family: Haemadipsidae
Genus: Haemadipsa
Species

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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]

References

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