Lumbriculus multiatriatus explained

Lumbriculus multiatriatus was described by Yamaguchi in 1937 from several specimens from Sakhalin and Hokkaidō.^{[1] [2]} As the name suggests, it is distinguished from other Lumbriculus species by having four atria, as opposed to the one or two that is standard from the genus.

Notes and References

1. Fend . Steven V. . Ohtaka . Akifumi . Torii . Takaaki . 2020-02-17 . New species and new records of Japanese Lumbriculidae (Annelida, Clitellata) . Zoosymposia . en . 17 . 14–33–14–33 . 10.11646/zoosymposia.17.1.5 . 213052297 . 1178-9913. free .
2. Yamaguchi . Hideji . August 1937 . Studies on the Aquatic Oligochaeta of Japan : III. A Description of Lumbriculus multiatriatus n. sp., with Remarks on Distribution of the Genital Organs in the Lumbriculidae (With Plate I, 2 Tables and 3 Textfigures) . JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE HOKKAIDO IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY Series VI. Zoology . en . 6 . 1 . 1–12.