Biology:Salifidae
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Salifidae is a family of annelids belonging to the order Arhynchobdellida.[1] Like all leeches, salifids are hermaphrodites and most are very good swimmers.[2] Salifids live in aerated streams in Africa, Asia, and some Pacific islands.[3][2] They are macrophagous carnivores, rather than haematophagous (blood-sucking), and swallow their prey whole.[2] Prey animals include mainly chironomid larvae.[3][2] Salifids have pharyngeal stylets rather than the jaws or probosces present in other leeches.[2]
Genera
GBIF includes:[1]
- Barbronia Johansson, 1918
- Dineta Goddard, 1908
- Linta Westergren & Siddall, 2004
- Lumbricobdella Kennel, 1886
- Mimobdella Blanchard, 1897
- Odontobdella Oka, 1923
- Salifa Blanchard, 1897
- Sinodontobdella Nesemann et al., 2007
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Salifidae" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/2256.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Oosthuizen, J.H.; Siddall, Mark E. (March 2002). "Chapter 14 Hirudinea". Guides to the Freshwater Invertebtrates of Southern Africa Volume 5: Non-Arthropods. Republic of South Africa.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Westergren, Stephanie; Siddall, Mark E. (2004). "Two New Species of Salifid Leeches (Arhynchobdellida: Erpobdelliformes: Salifidae) from South Africa and Madagascar". American Museum Novitates (3456): 1–6. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2004)456<0001:TNSOSL>2.0.CO;2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/177933.
Wikidata ☰ Q18175159 entry
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