Haemadipsa rjukjuana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Subclass: | Hirudinea |
Order: | Arhynchobdellida |
Family: | Haemadipsidae |
Genus: | Haemadipsa |
Species: | H. rjukjuana
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Binomial name | |
Haemadipsa rjukjuana (Oka, 1910)
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Haemadipsa rjukjuana is a species of terrestrial blood-feeding leach in the family Haemadipsidae (order Arhynchobdellida).[1] They are mostly found in Taiwan, although they have also been confirmed from Gageo Island in South Korea.[2][3]
Several pathogens have been reported from the leech, specifically Anaplasma, Bartonella, Borrelia, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, and Wolbachia. Haemadipsa rjukjuana was the first leech recorded to carry a Bartonella species.[3]
A 2011 study found that the species is genetically distinct from Haemadipsa japonica.[4]