Kiriokinkuta akkeshiensis - Kiriokinkuta akkeshiensis

Japanese: キリオキンクタ・アッケシエンシス - きりおきんくたあっけしえんしす
Kiriokinkuta akkeshiensis - Kiriokinkuta akkeshiensis

...They parasitize the kidney sacs of squids and octopuses. Since their first discovery in 1868, 18 species of Orthopods have been known from the Mediterranean, North Atlantic, and the West Coast of the United States. In Japan, they were first discovered in 1976 in Akkeshi, Hokkaido, parasitizing the body of a planarian, and were reported in 1979 as Ciliocincta akkeshiensis (illustration). Their bodies are elongated and cylindrical, with males measuring about 0.1 mm and females 0.2 to 0.3 mm.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Cyriocinctha akkesiensis" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イカやタコの腎囊の中に寄生する。直游類は,1868年に初めて発見されて以来,地中海や北大西洋,アメリカ西海岸などから18種が知られていたが,日本では1976年に初めて北海道の厚岸でウズムシの体内に寄生しているものが発見され,79年にCiliocincta akkeshiensis(キリオキンクタ・アッケシエンシス)(イラスト)として報告された。体は細長い円柱状で,雄虫は約0.1mm,雌虫は0.2~0.3mm。…

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