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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

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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.

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