A list of the leech (Clitellata: Hirudinida) collection deposited in the Department of Zoology, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
Takafumi Nakano1) and Tetsuya Itoh2)
1)Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502 Japan
2)Sapporo branch, Marine Biological Research Institute of Japan, Co., Ltd., Sapporo, 007-0862 Japan
List of the leech collection deposited in UMUTZ
The specimens are listed basically according to the system in Sawyer (1986), taking into account the revisions in Phillips and Siddall (2009) and Oceguera-Figueroa et al. (2011).
Order Rhynchobdellida Blanchard, 1894
Family Glossiphoniidae Vaillant, 1890
Glossiphonia complanata (Linnaeus, 1758)
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-24; Number of specimens: 2
Locality: Leipzig, Germany
Date: 1884
Collector: Isao Ijima
Label information: 290; Clepsine complanata Sav.; Rhynchobdella, Hirudinea; Leipzig; 1884; Prof. 飯島
Family Piscicolidae Johnston, 1865
Limnotrachelobdella okae (Moore, 1924)
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-2; Number of specimens: 1
Locality: Tokyo, Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Unknown
Label information: Trachelobdella sinensis; Tokyo; shark
Remarks: There was “shark” written on the original label. However, elasmobranches have never been reported as hosts for L. okae. Besides, papers that noted this specimen were not found. Therefore, it is impossible to make a reassessment that the term “shark” indicates the host for L. okae.
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-3; Number of specimens: 8
Locality: Tokyo, Japan
Date: 1884
Collector: Unknown
Host: Tribolodon hakonensis (Günther, 1880) (Actinopterygii: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)
Label information: Callobdella; On fins of Ugoi; Tokyo, 1884
Remarks: Ugoi is a vernacular name which indicates a Japanese dace, T. hakonensis, in Tokyo (Ichthyological Society of Japan, 1981). Nagasawa et al. (2009) noted that only Pacific redfin, Tribolodon brandti (Dybowski, 1872), was a host for L. okae in the family Cyprinidae. Accordingly, Tribolodon hakonensis is a new host for L. okae.
Stibarobdella moorei (Oka, 1910)
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-4; Number of specimens: 1
Locality: Unknown
Date: Unknown
Collector: Unknown
Label information: None
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-26; Number of specimens: 1
Locality: Unknown
Date: Unknown
Collector: Unknown
Label information: Separated from ’34.9.19~22 521 E’ in the can no. ‘51409-51459’
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-27; Number of specimens: 1
Locality: Misaki, Japan
Date: July 25, 1907
Collector: Iizuka
Label information: B2; Misaki; 明治40年7月25日; Iizuka
Piscicolidae gen. sp.
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-22; Number of specimens: 1
Locality: Unknown
Date: Unknown
Collector: Miyake
Label information: 191; Ichthyobdella ?; [unreadable sentence in English]; from Dr. Miyake
Remarks: Dried up. Re-identification impossible.
Family Ozobranchidae Pinto, 1921
Ozobranchus branchiatus (Menzies, 1791)
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-1; Number of specimens: 2
Locality: Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Sadamori Hirota
Host: Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia: Testudines: Cheloniidae)
Label information: 208; Ozobranchus menoeisi Qutr.; Rhynchobdella, Hirudinea
Remarks: Described in Oka (1895b).
Order Arhynchobdellida Blanchard, 1894
Suborder Hirudiniformes Caballero, 1952
Family Hirudinidae Whitman, 1886
Hirudinaria manillensis (Lesson, 1842)
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-7; Number of specimens: 7
Locality: Mt. Teraso, Kosyun, Taiwan
Date: July 30, 1899
Collector: Unknown
Label information: 産地 テラソ; 明治32年7月30日
Hirudo nipponia Whitman, 1886
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-9; Number of specimens: 1
Locality: Tokyo, Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Unknown
Label information: 211; Hirudo nipponica Whit.; Gnathobdella, Hirudinea; Tokyo
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-28; Number of specimens: Unknown
Locality: Tokyo, Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Unknown
Label information: Hirudo nipponia Whitm.; Tokio
Remarks: Dried up. Re-identification impossible.
Whitmania edentula (Whitman, 1886)
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-12; Number of specimens: 1
Locality: Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Isao Ijima
Label information: Leptostoma edentulum Whitm; Mayebashi; (Ijima)
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-14; Number of specimens: 7
Locality: Tokyo, Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Unknown
Label information: Leptostoma edentulum Whitm.; Tokyo
Whitmania pigra (Whitman, 1884)
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-6; Number of specimens: 2
Locality: China
Date: Unknown
Collector: Kuwano
Label information: 清国ニテ 桒野氏採集
Family Haemadipsidae Blanchard, 1893
Haemadipsa japonica Whitman, 1886
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-8; Number of specimens: 1
Locality: Mt. Hikosan, Fukuoka Pref. and Oita Pref., Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Unknown
Label information: 216; Haemadipsa japonica Whit.; Gnathobdella, Hirudinea; 彦山, 豊前
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-16; Number of specimens: 6
Locality: Kinkasan Island, Miyagi Pref., Japan
Date: July 30, 1899
Collector: Unknown
Label information: 金華山; ヒル; 明治32年7月30日
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-17; Number of specimens: 2
Locality: Mt. Hikosan, Fukuoka Pref. and Oita Pref., Japan
Date: 1889
Collector: Unknown
Label information: 175; 山ビル; Haemadipsa japonica Whit.; Hiko-san, Buzen; 1889
Remarks: Dried up. Re-identification impossible.
Haemadipsa rjukjuana Oka, 1910
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-11; Number of specimens: 1
Locality: Beishan, Guoshing Township, Nantou Co., Taiwan
Date: April 16, 1910
Collector: Unknown
Label information: 北山坑庄; 明治43年4月16日
Suborder Erpobdelliformes Sawyer, 1986
Family Erpobdellidae Blanchard, 1894
Erpobdella japonica (Pawłowski, 1962)
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-10; Number of specimens: 2
Locality, Tokyo, Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Unknown
Label information: Nephelis; Tokyo
Remarks: Ijima (1882) described oogenesis of Nephelis sp. He noted that the material had been collected in Tokyo. In accordance with the label information, therefore, there is a possibility that the leech species in Ijima (1882) would be Erpobdella japonica.
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-25-1; Number of specimens: 8
Locality: Tokyo, Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Unknown
Label information: Tokyo
Remarks: UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-25 was divided into two bottles (25-1 and 25-2) because two different species had been in the same bottle.
Family Gastrostomobdellidae Richardson, 1971
Orobdella octonaria Oka, 1895
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-23; Number of specimens: Unknown
Locality: Mt. Arafuneyama, Saku, Nagano Pref., Japan
Date: August 30, 1903
Collector: Umitaro Koyama
Label information: 産地 長野県南佐久郡荒船山山中ニテ捕; 明治36年8月30日; 小山海太郎氏
Remarks: Melted. Re-identification impossible.
Orobdella whitmani Oka, 1895
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-5; Number of specimens: 8
Locality: Mt. Kinkazan, Gifu, Gifu Pref., Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Yasushi Nawa
Label information: Orobdella whitmanii Oka; Type specimen; Gifu; Nawa
Remarks: Lectotype, UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-5-1; paralectotypes, UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-5-2 –8 (Nakano, 2010).
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-29; Number of specimens: Unknown
Locality: Nikko, Tochigi Pref., Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Nakagawa
Label information: Orobdella whitmnai Oka; Type sp; Nikko; Nakagawa
Remarks: Melted. Re-identification impossible. This specimen would be the syntype of Orobdella ijimai.
Family Salifidae Johansson, 1910
Odontobdella blanchardi (Oka, 1910)
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-13; Number of specimens: 2
Locality: Fukui Pref., Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Unknown
Label information: Trocheta; Echigo
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-15; Number of specimens: 1
Locality: Takayama, Gifu Pref., Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Unknown
Label information: 212; Nephelis vulgalis Moy. T.; Gnathobdella; Hirudinea; 高山, 飛騨
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-25-2; Number of specimens: 2
Locality: Tokyo, Japan
Date: Unknown
Collector: Unknown
Label information: Tokyo
Remarks: See Remarks of UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-25-1
Erpobdelliformes fam. gen. sp.
UMUTZ-Ann-Hir-21; Number of specimens: 5
Locality: Unknown
Date: 1884
Collecotr: Isao Ijima
Label information: 119; Nephelis; [unreadable sentence]; 1884; (Ijima)
Remarks: Dried up. Re-identification impossible.
