A piscicolid leech Limnotrachelobdella okae (Hirudinida) infesting a Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, in Japan

Biogeography Volume 17 Page 95-97 published_at 2015-09-20
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A piscicolid leech Limnotrachelobdella okae (Hirudinida) infesting a Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, in Japan
Creator
Utsumi Kunihiro
Source Title
Biogeography
Volume 17
Start Page 95
End Page 97
Abstract
A specimen of the piscicolid leech Limnotrachelobdella okae (Moore, 1924) was collected from the labium of a Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica Temminck & Schlegel, 1847, in brackish waters of the lower Katsura River, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, western Japan. This represents a new host record for L. okae and the third record of the species in Kyushu. Hemorrhage was observed at the attachment and feeding sites of the leech.
Keywords
Anguilla japonica
fish parasite
Japanese eel
leech
Limnotrachelobdella okae
new host
Piscicolidae
Descriptions
Part of this work received financial support from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 24580267 to K.N.).
NDC
Biology [ 460 ]
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
日本生物地理学会
Date of Issued 2015-09-20
Rights
日本生物地理学会
論文ファイルの利用は著作権の範囲内に限り認められます。
Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 13450662
[NCID] AA11381320