Haemadipsa sylvestris

Haemadipsa sylvestris is a species of blood-feeding leech recorded from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Indonesia.[1][2][3][4][5] A species of freshwater crab, Himalayapotamon atkinsonianum, has been recorded as a host.[6] The species is known to grow as large as 40 mm in length and 7 mm wide.[7] It is a lowland species, and closely associated with water; it lives near riverbanks and ponds, and may sometimes be flooded out in some regions.[2][5]

Haemadipsa sylvestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Family: Haemadipsidae
Genus: Haemadipsa
Species:
H. sylvestris
Binomial name
Haemadipsa sylvestris
Blanchard, 1894

References
  1. "Haemadipsa sylvestris". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  2. Nesemann, H.; Sharma, S. (Dec 2001). "Leeches of the suborder Hirudiniformes (Hirudinea: Haemopidae, Hirudinidae, Haemadipsidae) from the Ganga watershed (Nepal, India: Bihar)" (PDF). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien. 138 (B): 86–87.
  3. Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden.; Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie te (1897). Notes from the Leyden Museum. Vol. 19. Leyden: E.J. Brill.
  4. Blanchard, Raphaël. Hirundinées des Indes Néerlandaises. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
  5. Bombay Natural History Society.; Society, Bombay Natural History (1954). The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Vol. 52. Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society.
  6. Bombay Natural History Society.; Society, Bombay Natural History (1973). The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Vol. 70. Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society. Moore (1927) refers to a freshwater crab (Potamon atkinsonianum) as a specific host of the leech Haemadipsa sylvestris. (Potamon atkinsonianum (Wood-Mason, 1871) is a synonym of Himalayapotamon atkinsonianum (Wood-Mason, 1871))
  7. Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova (Italy); Genova (Italy), Museo civico di storia naturale di (1894). Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. Vol. 34. Genova: Tip. del R. Istituto Sordo-Muti.
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