TY - JOUR
T1 - Ozobranchus jantseanus (Clitellata: Ozobranchidae) from Reeve’s Turtle, Mauremys reevesii
T2 - New Annelid Fauna in Korea
AU - Koo, Kyo Soung
AU - Yun, Kayoung
AU - Jang, Yikweon
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the members of the Animal Behavior Lab at Ewha Womans University for their assistance in this study, especially Yoon-Ju Kim. This work was supported by Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute, grant number (KEITI 2021002270001).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, Korean Society for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine.
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - Turtle leeches have not been recorded in Korea, although they occur in geographically adjacent countries including China and Japan. This study describes a turtle leech, Ozobranchus jantseanus (Clitellata: Ozobranchidae), found from Reeve’s turtle (Mauremys reevesii) in Korea. Of the 143 Reeve’s turtles collected from the freshwater reservoir in Jinju City, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea, 95 unidentified leeches were found in 8 (5.6%) individuals. The leeches had 22 somites with 11 pairs of externally exposed branchiae, body-sized posterior suckers, and spines on the dorsal surface. We identified these leeches as Ozobranchus jantseanus Oka, 1912 (Clitellata: Ozobranchidae). This species of turtle leeches found in Korea may fill the gap in the biodiversity of East Asian annulus.
AB - Turtle leeches have not been recorded in Korea, although they occur in geographically adjacent countries including China and Japan. This study describes a turtle leech, Ozobranchus jantseanus (Clitellata: Ozobranchidae), found from Reeve’s turtle (Mauremys reevesii) in Korea. Of the 143 Reeve’s turtles collected from the freshwater reservoir in Jinju City, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea, 95 unidentified leeches were found in 8 (5.6%) individuals. The leeches had 22 somites with 11 pairs of externally exposed branchiae, body-sized posterior suckers, and spines on the dorsal surface. We identified these leeches as Ozobranchus jantseanus Oka, 1912 (Clitellata: Ozobranchidae). This species of turtle leeches found in Korea may fill the gap in the biodiversity of East Asian annulus.
KW - Korea
KW - Ozobranchus jantseanus
KW - freshwater turtle
KW - leech
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85133261187&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3347/kjp.2022.60.3.213
DO - 10.3347/kjp.2022.60.3.213
M3 - Article
C2 - 35772741
AN - SCOPUS:85133261187
SN - 0023-4001
VL - 60
SP - 213
EP - 215
JO - The Korean journal of parasitology
JF - The Korean journal of parasitology
IS - 3
ER -
