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UMUTZ- Ann-Hir-10

Scientific Name Erpobdella japonica (Pawłowski, 1962)

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Annelida


Class Clitellata


Subclass Hirudinida


Order Arhynchobdellida


Suborder Erpobdelliformes


Family Erpobdellidae


Genus Erpobdella


Species japonica


Subspecies


Auther (Pawłowski, 1962)


Locality Tokyo, Japan

Reference Ijima, I. 1882. On the origin and growth of the egg and egg-strings in Nephelis, with some observations on the "spiral asters". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. New Series, 22: 189–211.

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