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Japanese Mountain Leech

Haemadipsa
Haemadipsa picta.jpg
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.

Species in the genus Haemadipsa


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