Lumbriculus japonicus

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Lumbriculus japonicus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Lumbriculida
Family: Lumbriculidae
Genus: Lumbriculus
Species:
L. japonicus
Binomial name
Lumbriculus japonicus
Yamaguchi, 1936

Lumbriculus japonicus is an oligochaete originally described by Yamaguchi in 1936 from locations on Hokkaidō. 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.


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