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Chromosomes of Temnocephala minor, an ectosymbiotic turbellarian on Australian crayfish found in Kagoshima Prefecture, with karyological notes on exotic turbellarians found in Japan

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Biology of Turbellaria and some Related Flatworms

Part of the book series: Developments in Hydrobiology ((DIHY,volume 108))

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Records of exotic turbellarian species found in Japan are reviewed from taxonomic and karyological viewpoints. Temnocephala minor Haswell, 1888, an ectocommensal on a freshwater crayfish of Australia, was found from culture ponds of Cherax tenuimanus (introduced from W. Australia) in Kagoshima Prefecture. T. minor had the chromosome number of 2x = 18 (2sm + 2m + 2m + 2sm + 2m + 2m + 2m + 2sm + 2m). The following 3 species of exotic freshwater triclads were recorded from tanks and ponds used for tropical fish culture: Dugesia austroasiatica Kawakatsu, 1985 (2x = 16), Dugesia tigrina (Girard, 1850) (2x = 16) and Rhodax? sp. (3x = 24; 3x = 24 & 3x + 1LB + 1 SB = 25 + 1SB). The following 3 species of exotic terrestrial triclads were recorded: Bipalium nobile Kawakatsu et Makino, 1982 (2x = 10), Bipalium kewense Moseley, 1878 (2x = 18), and Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp, 1962 (n = 6, 2x = 12). An extensive occurrence of P. manokwari in the Southwest Islands of Japan may be due to an unexpected introduction of the animal in very recent years.

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  1. Ôsaka Environmental Project Association, MFC 7F, Uchihon-machi 1-2-15, chû’ô-ku, Ôsaka, 540, Japan

    Iwashiro Oki

  2. Ôsaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Nakamichi-1-chôme 3-69, Higashinari-ku, Ôsaka, 537, Japan

    Sachiko Tamura

  3. Biological Laboratory, Saga Medical School, Nabeshima 5-1-1, Saga, 849, Japan

    Masayuki Takai

  4. Biological Laboratory, Fuji Women’s College, Kita-16, Nishi-2, Kita-ku, Sapporo(Hokkaidô), 001, Japan

    Masaharu Kawakatsu

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Oki, I., Tamura, S., Takai, M., Kawakatsu, M. (1995). Chromosomes of Temnocephala minor, an ectosymbiotic turbellarian on Australian crayfish found in Kagoshima Prefecture, with karyological notes on exotic turbellarians found in Japan. In: Cannon, L.R.G. (eds) Biology of Turbellaria and some Related Flatworms. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 108. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0045-8_12

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