Kinabalu giant red leech

Kinabalu giant red leech
Kinabalu giant red leech
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Family: Salifidae
Genus: Mimobdella
Species:
M. buettikoferi
Binomial name
Mimobdella buettikoferi
Synonyms

Mimobdella Büttikoferi
Blanchard, 1897[2]

The Kinabalu giant red leech (Mimobdella buettikoferi) is a large bright orange-red coloured leech that is endemic to Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. It can grow to a length of over 50 cm (20 in).

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