Lumbriculus mukoensis

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

Lumbriculus mukoensis was described by Yamaguchi in 1953 from specimens collected at Muko in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is distinguished from other Lumbriculus by the posterior location of the genital elements (starting in segment XI), and by its smaller body size.