A New Species of the Genus Orobdella (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Gastrostomobdellidae) from Kumamoto, Japan, and a Redescription of O. whitmani with the Designation of the Lectotype

Takafumi Nakano

doi:10.2108/zsj.27.880

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1 November 2010 A New Species of the Genus Orobdella (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Gastrostomobdellidae) from Kumamoto, Japan, and a Redescription of O. whitmani with the Designation of the Lectotype

Takafumi Nakano

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Zoological Science, 27(11):880-887 (2010). https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.27.880

Abstract

Orobdella whitmani has three syntype localities, Mt. Kinkazan, Gifu Pref., Mt. Kodaijiyama, Kyoto Pref. and Mt. Kimposan, Kumamoto Pref. The specimens from Mt. Kimposan can be distinguished from those from Mt. Kinkazan and Mt. Kodaijiyama by an annulation of somite XXVI, and possession of a tubular gastroporal duct. Specimens from Mt. Kimposan are described as representing a new species, Orobdella esulcata. Orobdella whitmani is redescribed with designation of a specimen from Mt. Kinkazan deposited at The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, as the lectotype.

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Takafumi Nakano "A New Species of the Genus Orobdella (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Gastrostomobdellidae) from Kumamoto, Japan, and a Redescription of O. whitmani with the Designation of the Lectotype," Zoological Science 27(11), 880-887, (1 November 2010). https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.27.880

Received: 17 March 2010; Accepted: 1 April 2010; Published: 1 November 2010

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