First record of Orobdella kawakatsuorum (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Erpobdelliformes) from Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2014 Specimens of the genus Orobdella Oka, 1895 from Kunashir Island, the Kuril Islands, are identified as Orobdella kawakatsuorum Richardson, 1975. Mitochondrial tRNALeu and ND1 data confirm the species identification of the Kunashir specimens.
Takafumi Nakano, Konstantin Gongalsky
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Especie nueva de sanquijuela del género Semiscolex (Arhynchobdellida: Semiscolecidae) del lago de Catemaco, Veracruz, México [PDF]
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2006 SE DESCRIBE SEMISCOLEX LAMOTHEI SP. NOV. DEL LAGO DE CATEMACO, VERACRUZ, MÉXICO CON BASE EN 18 EJEMPLARES. SE DIFERENCIA DEL RESTO DE LAS ESPECIES DEL GÉNERO POR PRESENTAR 1/2 + 5 + 1/2 ANILLOS ENTRE LOS GONOPOROS.
ALEJANDRO OCEGUERA FIGUEROA
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New Records of Lake Baikal Leech Fauna: Species Diversity and Spatial Distribution in Chivyrkuy Gulf [PDF]
The Scientific World Journal, 2013 The study of several Lake Baikal leech collections offered us the possibility to determine species diversity in the Chivyrkuy Gulf, the biggest one in the lake.
Irina A. Kaygorodova, Nikolay M. Pronin
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Holotype redescription of Mimobdella japonica (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Erpobdelliformes) and taxonomic status of the genus Mimobdella [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2011 Mimobdella japonica Blanchard, 1897, the type species of the genus Mimobdella, is redescribed based on the holotype. This species is characterized by the following characteristics: mid-body somites novem-annulate, two post-anal annuli, male gonopore in ...
Takafumi Nakano
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A new species of Orobdella (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Orobdellidae) from Taipei, Taiwan
ZooKeys, 2012 A new quadrannulate species of Orobdella, Orobdella ketagalan sp. n., from Taipei, Taiwan, is described. This is the first record of Orobdella and the family Orobdellidae from Taiwan.
Takafumi Nakano, Yi-Te Lai
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A new sexannulate species of Orobdella (Hirudinea, Arhynchobdellida, Orobdellidae) from Kii-Oshima Island, Japan [PDF]
Evolutionary Systematics, 2022 A large-type sexannulate leech species, Orobdella ibukifukuyamai sp. nov., from Kii-Oshima Island, Japan, is described based on morphologic and molecular data. Phylogenetic analyses using nuclear 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, histone H3, mitochondrial cytochrome c
Takafumi Nakano
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A new sexannulate species of Orobdella (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Orobdellidae) from Yakushima Island, Japan [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2012 A new sexannulate species of the genus Orobdella Oka, 1895, Orobdella mononoke sp. n., is described on the basis of five specimens collected from Yakushima Island, Japan. Orobdella mononoke sp. n.
Takafumi Nakano
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First record of Limnatis paluda (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Praobdellidae) from Kazakhstan, with comments on genetic diversity of Limnatis leeches [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2015 Sawyer (1986) included three species in the nasal leech genus Limnatis Moquin-Tandon 1827: Limnatis nilotica (Savigny 1822), Limnatis bacescui Manoleli 1972 and Limnatis paluda (Tennent 1859). The first and last species have mainly been identified in Middle Eastern countries (e.g. Kinzelbach and Rückert 1985).
Takafumi Nakano +2 more
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Feeding strategies and competition between terrestrial Haemadipsa leeches (Euhirudinea : Arhynchobdellida) in Danum Valley rainforest (Borneo, Sabah) [PDF]
Folia Parasitologica, 2017 Haemadipsid leeches are among the most successful terrestrial invertebrates in Bornean rainforests. They are very common ectoparasites of vertebrates, and their abundance has facilitated the conduction of numerous projects in the fields of ecology ...
Gąsiorek, Piotr, Różycka, Hanna
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Filogenia y revisión de los Erpobdelliformes (Annelida, Arhynchobdellida) de México, con base en secuencias de ADN nuclear y mitocondrial [PDF]
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2005 SE ESTUDIAN LAS RELACIONES FILOGENÉTICAS DEL SUBORDEN ERPOBDELLIFORMES, UN GRUPO DE SANGUIJUELAS NO HEMATÓFAGAS DE VERTEBRADOS, CON BASE EN SECUENCIAS DE LA SUBUNIDAD I DEL CITOCROMO C OXIDASA DEL ADN MITOCONDRIAL, 12S ADNR DEL ADN MITOCONDRIAL Y 18S ...
VIRGINIA LEÓN REGAGNON +2 more
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