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Hirudo nipponia
· Hirudinidae
External morphology
Dorsum with 5 yellow dotted stripes, prostate absent
Habitat & range
- Habitat
- Freshwater
- Region
- Asia
- Recorded from
- China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea
Original description
Whitman, Charles O. 1886. The leeches of Japan. Quarterly journal of microscopical science, n.s. 26(103): 317–416; Pls. 17–21.