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Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Biwa-ko with comparative redescription of the Far Eastern and Kamchatkan Bdellocephala species (Tricladida, Paludicola)
Kawakatsu, M.; Sluys, R.; Timoshkin, O.A.; Naumova, T.V.; Nishino, M.; Takai, M. (2001). Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Biwa-ko with comparative redescription of the Far Eastern and Kamchatkan Bdellocephala species (Tricladida, Paludicola). Belg. J. Zool. 131(Suppl. 1): 205-211
In: Belgian Journal of Zoology. Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Dierkunde = Société royale zoologique de Belgique: Gent. ISSN 0777-6276; e-ISSN 2295-0451, more
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Saló, E.; Watson, N.; Schockaert, E. (Ed.) (2001). Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on the Biology of the Turbellaria, Barcelona, Spain, June 2000. Belgian Journal of Zoology, 131(Suppl. 1). Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Dierkunde = Société royale zoologique de Belgique: Diepenbeek. 236 pp., more
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Keywords
    Animals > Invertebrates > Platyhelminthes > Turbellaria > Tricladida > Dendrocoelidae
    Classification > Taxonomy
    Platyhelminthes [WoRMS]
    Japan [Marine Regions]
    Fresh water

Authors  Top 
  • Kawakatsu, M.
  • Sluys, R.
  • Timoshkin, O.A.
  • Naumova, T.V.
  • Nishino, M.
  • Takai, M.

Abstract
    Bdellocephala annandalei Ijima et Kaburaki, 1916, is an endemic planarian of Lake Biwa-ko in Central Japan. This lake-dwelling species inhabits the muddy bottom of the northern basin of the lake (20-103 m in depth). The species is characterized by its comparatively large size, uniformly light brown coloration, two small eyes, and a subterminal, ventral adhesive organ on the frontal end. A detailed taxonomic redescription of B. annandalei is given here and compared with the other three Far Eastern and Kamchatkan Bdellocephala species inhabiting epigean waters.

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