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Lumbriculus japonicus

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Lumbriculus japonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Order: Lumbriculida
Family: Lumbriculidae
Genus: Lumbriculus
Species:
L. japonicus
Binomial name
Lumbriculus japonicus
Yamaguchi, 1936

Lumbriculus japonicus is an oligochaete originally described by Yamaguchi in 1936 from locations on Hokkaidō.[1][2] It is distinguished from other species mainly by the location of the genital elements, which are positioned two segments posteriorly to their position in L. variegatus.

References

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  1. ^ Yamaguchi, Hideji (June 1936). "Studies on the Aquatic Oligochaeta of Japan : I. Lumbriculids from Hokkaido (With Plates IV-V, 4 Tables and 15 Textfigures)". JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE HOKKAIDO IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY Series VI. Zoology. 5 (1): 73–94.
  2. ^ "Lumbriculus Morphology". www.nies.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-05.