Pachydrilus nipponicus (English spelling) Pachydrilus nipponicus

Japanese: Pachydrilus nipponicus(英語表記)Pachydrilusnipponicus
Pachydrilus nipponicus (English spelling) Pachydrilus nipponicus

...It is used as fishing bait. One earthworm that lives on the coast is the seashore earthworm Pachydrilus nipponicus . It is distributed throughout Hokkaido and lives under rocks with a lot of organic matter near the high tide line.

From 【Earthworm】

...It is often used as bait for goby fishing. The Japanese sea worm Pachydrilus nipponicus is about 3 cm long and 0.8 mm wide, and is found on the coast of Hokkaido, where it grows in colonies in places with a lot of organic matter. [Minoru Imajima]
[Folklore]
In some regions it is called Memezu or Memizu.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Pachydrilus nipponicus" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…釣りの餌に用いられる。海岸にすむミミズにイソヒメミミズPachydrilus nipponicusがある。北海道各地に分布し,満潮線近くの有機物の多い石の下にすむ。…

【ミミズ(蚯蚓)】より

…ハゼ釣りの餌虫によく用いられる。イソヒメミミズPachydrilus nipponicusは体長3cm,幅0.8mmほどで,北海道の海岸に分布し,有機物の多い場所に群生する。【今島 実】
[民俗]
 メメズまたメミズという地方もある。…

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