Lumbriculus japonicus
Appearance
Lumbriculus japonicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Order: | Lumbriculida |
Family: | Lumbriculidae |
Genus: | Lumbriculus |
Species: | L. japonicus
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Binomial name | |
Lumbriculus japonicus Yamaguchi, 1936
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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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Lumbriculus Morphology". www.nies.go.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-05.