A new species of Orobdella (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Orobdellidae) from the Tsukuba Mountains in Japan

A new species of Orobdella (Hirudinida, Arhynchobdellida, Orobdellidae) from the Tsukuba Mountains in Japan

A small-type quadrannulate leech species, Orobdella montipumila sp. nov., from the Tsukuba Mountains in central Honshu island, Japan, is described. Phylogenetic analyses using nuclear 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, histone H3, mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, tRNACys, tRNAMet, 12S rRNA, tRNAVal,...

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Main Author: Takafumi Nakano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung 2021-07-01
Series:Soil Organisms
Subjects:
body length
Erpobdelliformes
macrophagous
molecular phylogeny
quadrannulate
Online Access:http://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/154

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http://soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO/article/view/154

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