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Haemadipsa
Haemadipsa is a genus of leeches, with members 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.
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first
brown leech
speciesHaemadipsa zeylanica
Painted Leech
speciesHaemadipsa picta
Haemadipsa rjukjuana
speciesHaemadipsa rjukjuana
Tiger Leech
speciesHaemadipsa guangchuanensis
Haemadipsa interrupta
speciesHaemadipsa interrupta
Haemadipsa japonica
speciesHaemadipsa japonica
Haemadipsa sylvestris
speciesHaemadipsa sylvestris
Haemadipsa crenata
speciesHaemadipsa crenata
Haemadipsa ornata
speciesHaemadipsa ornata
Haemadipsa trimaculosa
speciesHaemadipsa trimaculosa
Haemadipsa tianmushana
speciesHaemadipsa tianmushana
Haemadipsa montana
speciesHaemadipsa montana
Haemadipsa hainana
speciesHaemadipsa hainana
Haemadipsa subagilis
speciesHaemadipsa subagilis
Haemadipsa sumatrana
speciesHaemadipsa sumatrana
Haemadipsa kodairensis
speciesHaemadipsa kodairensis
Haemadipsa kaushiki
speciesHaemadipsa kaushiki
Haemadipsa anaigundiensis
speciesHaemadipsa anaigundiensis
Haemadipsa champhaiensis
speciesHaemadipsa champhaiensis
Haemadipsa lolegaoensis
speciesHaemadipsa lolegaoensis
Haemadipsa satyanarayanai
speciesHaemadipsa satyanarayanai
Haemadipsa yanyuanensis
speciesHaemadipsa yanyuanensis
Haemadipsa moorei
speciesHaemadipsa moorei
Haemadipsa dussumieri
speciesHaemadipsa dussumieri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 332406.