Lumbriculus japonicus explained

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.

Notes and References

1. 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 . en . 5 . 1 . 73–94.
2. Web site: Lumbriculus Morphology . 2023-01-05 . www.nies.go.jp.