First record of Orobdella kawakatsuorum (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Erpobdelliformes) from Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands
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Nakano T (2014). First record of Orobdella kawakatsuorum (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Erpobdelliformes) from Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands. Biodiversity Data Journal. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/crk9pu accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-20.Description
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. This is the first record of the genus Orobdella from the Kuril Islands.Taxonomic Coverages
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Takafumi Nakano
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Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Kyoto
JP
email: nakano@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Takafumi Nakano
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Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Kyoto
JP
email: nakano@zoo.zool.kyoto-u.ac.jp