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Lumbriculus multiatriatus

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Lumbriculus multiatriatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Order: Lumbriculida
Family: Lumbriculidae
Genus: Lumbriculus
Species:
L. multiatriatus
Binomial name
Lumbriculus multiatriatus
Yamaguchi, 1937

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.

References

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  1. ^ Fend, Steven V.; Ohtaka, Akifumi; Torii, Takaaki (2020-02-17). "New species and new records of Japanese Lumbriculidae (Annelida, Clitellata)". Zoosymposia. 17: 14–33–14–33. doi:10.11646/zoosymposia.17.1.5. ISSN 1178-9913. S2CID 213052297.
  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. 6 (1): 1–12.