Lumbriculus japonicus

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Lumbriculus japonicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Subclass: Oligochaeta
Order: Lumbriculida
Family: Lumbriculidae
Genus: Lumbriculus
Species: L. japonicus
Binomial name
Lumbriculus japonicus

Lumbriculus japonicus was described by Yamaguchi in 1936 from locations on Hokkaidō. It is distinguished from other species mainly by the location of the genital elements, which are positioned two segments posteriorly to their position in L. variegatus.