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
Also appears in:Saló, E.; Watson, N.; Schockaert, E. (Ed.) (2001). Proceedings of the 9 th 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.
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- Naumova, T.V.
- Nishino, M.
- Takai, M.
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| 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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