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1 January 2014 A New Host Record for Tritetrabdella taiwana (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Haemadipsidae) from the Asian Painted Frog Kaloula pulchra (Anura: Microhylidae) in Hong Kong, China, with a Taxonomic Note on T. taiwana
Takafumi Nakano, Yik-Hei Sung
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Abstract

Two individuals of Tritetrabdella taiwana that attached to a microhylid Asian painted frog, Kaloula pulchra, were collected in Hong Kong, China. This finding represents a new microhylid host record for T. taiwana. Additionally, molecular phylogenetic analyses were conducted based on COI sequence data. The present phylogenies indicated that further taxonomic studies are needed to clarify the taxonomic status of the species of Tritetrabdella.

The Helminthological Society of Washington
Takafumi Nakano and Yik-Hei Sung "A New Host Record for Tritetrabdella taiwana (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Haemadipsidae) from the Asian Painted Frog Kaloula pulchra (Anura: Microhylidae) in Hong Kong, China, with a Taxonomic Note on T. taiwana," Comparative Parasitology 81(1), 125-129, (1 January 2014). https://doi.org/10.1654/4667.1
Published: 1 January 2014
KEYWORDS
Asian painted frog
China
COI
Haemadipsidae
Hirudinida
Hong Kong
Kaluola pulchra
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