First record of Orobdella kawakatsuorum (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Erpobdelliformes) from Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands

By

Nakano, Takafumi
Gongalsky, Konstantin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014-02-17

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

2

Pages

1--8

Subjects

geographical record , Hirudinida , Kuril Islands , ND1 , Orobdella kawakatsuorum

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1058
eLocator: e1058

 

Abstract

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.