Hirudinea
Creators: name: Lai, Yi-Te
name: Chang, Chih-Han
name: Chen, Jiun-Hong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Hirudinea

description: Checklist of Hirudinea fauna in Taiwan
Families after Sawyer (1986); remarks and common synonyms (syn.) listed in brackets. Codes: * = exotic and introduced, - = native or endemic, # = uncertain affinities. For some species not all synonyms are given here as these may be readily found elsewhere (e.g. Yang, 1996).
Suborder Rhynchobdellida
Family GLOSSIPHONIIDAE
1. - Alboglossiphonia lata (Oka, 1910)
[Glossiphonia weberi lata Oka, 1910; Glossiphonia lata Kaburaki, 1921; Alboglossiphonia lata Sawyer, 1986]
2. - Alboglossiphonia heteroclita (Linnaeus, 1761) [many synonyms -- see Yang (1996)]
3. - Batracobdella kasmiana (Oka, 1910)
[Hemiclipsis casmiana Oka, 1910; Hemiclipsis kasmiana Chen, 1962; Batracobdella kasmiana Soós,1969]
4. - Batracobdella paludosa (Carena, 1824)
[many synonyms -- see Yang (1996)]
5. - Placobdella okai Soós, 1969
[Placobdella ornata (nec Verrill, 1872) Oka, 1929; Haementaria (Placobdella) okai Autrum, 1936; Placobdella okai Soós, 1969; Placobdelloides okai Sawyer, 1986]
6. * Helobdella europaea Kutschera, 1987
[syn. Helobdella striata Kutschera, 1985; Helobdella europaea Kutschera, 1987; Helobdella papillornata Govedich et Davies, 1998; Helobdella europaea Kutschera, 2004; Helobdella europaea Siddall et Budinoff, 2005]
7. *? Helobdella octatestisaca n. sp. Lai et Chang, 2008
8. *? Helobdella melananus n. sp. Lai et Chang, 2008
Suborder Arhynchobdellida
Family HIRUDINIDAE
9. - Hirudo nipponia Whitman, 1886
[Hirudo nipponia Whitman, 1886; Asiaticobdella nipponia Soós, 1969]
10. - Hirudinaria manillensis (Lesson, 1842)
[many synonyms -- see Yang (1996)]
11. - Poecilobdella granulosa (Savigny, 1822)
[Sanguisuga granulosa Savigny, 1822; Hirudo granulosa De Blainville, 1827; Limnatis (Poecilobdella) granulosa Blanchard, 1897; Limnatis granulosa Khan, 1912; Hirudinaria (Poecilobdella) granulosa Moore, 1927; Poecilobdella granulosa Soós, 1969]
12. - Dinobdella ferox (Blanchard, 1896)
[Trocheta subviridis Murie, 1865; Whitmania ferox Blanchard, 1896; Haemopis birmanica Kaburaki, 1921; Dinobdella ferox Moore, 1927]
Family HAEMOPIDAE
13. - Whitmania laevis (Baird, 1869)
[Hirudo laevis Baird, 1869; Hirudo quinquelineata Grube, 1871; Whitmania laevis Blanchard 1896; Whitmania pigra var. formosana Oka, 1910; Whitmania interrupta Oka, 1928; Whitmania quinqueleneata Oka, 1928]
14. - Whitmania acranulata (Whitman, 1886)
[Leptostoma acranulata Whitman, 1886; Whitmania acranulata Blanchard, 1888; Haemopis acranulatum Oka, 1928; Haemopis gracilis Moore, 1930; Hirudo taivana Oka, 1928; Whitmania gracilis Soós, 1969]
Family HAEMADIPSIDAE
15. - Haemadipsa japonica Whitman, 1886
[many synonyms -- see Yang (1996). The species found in Ryukyu islands has been named as Haemadipsa japonica var. ryukyuana because of the different external morphology from H. japonica (Oka, 1910). The specimens we collected in Taiwan matched the description of external morphology of H. japonica var. Ryukyuana. However, the obvious differences between H. japonica var. Ryukyuana and H. japonica inferred that they may be two different species.]
16. - Tritetrabdella taiwana (Oka, 1910)
[Haemadipsa japonica var. taiwana Oka, 1910; Tritetrabdella taiwana Sawyer, 1986]
Barbronia weberi Moore, 1927]
18. - Odontobdella blanchardi (Oka, 1910)
[Scaptobdella blanchardi Oka, 1910; Odontobdella blanchardi Oka, 1923]
description: Published as part of Lai, Yi-Te, Chang, Chih-Han & Chen, Jiun-Hong, 2009, Two new species of Helobdella Blanchard 1896 (Hirudinida: Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) from Taiwan, with a checklist of hirudinea fauna of the island, pp. 27-46 in Zootaxa 2068 on pages 41-43, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187040