Chtonobdella

Chtonobdella
Chtonobdella limbata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Hirudinea
Order: Arhynchobdellida
Family: Haemadipsidae
Genus: Chtonobdella
Grube, 1866
Type species
Hirudo limbata
Grube, 1866
Synonyms
  • Amicibdella Richardson, 1974
  • Anphilaemon Richardson, 1979
  • Chthnobdella Vaillant
  • Chthonobdella Blanchard, 1888
  • Geobdella Whitman, 1886
  • Micobdella Richardson, 1974
  • Moquinia Blanchard, 1888
  • Quaesitobdella Richardson, 1975

Chtonobdella is a genus of land leeches belonging to the family Haemadipsidae, erected by Adolph Grube in 1866. Species are mostly found in Australia and New Guinea, with isolated records from other Pacific islands and Madagascar.