Lumbriculus multiatriatus was described by Yamaguchi in 1937 from several specimens from Sakhalin and Hokkaidō.[1][2] As the name suggests, it is distinguished from other Lumbriculus species by having four atria, as opposed to the one or two that is standard from the genus.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Order: | Lumbriculida |
| Family: | Lumbriculidae |
| Genus: | Lumbriculus |
| Species: | L. multiatriatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lumbriculus multiatriatus Yamaguchi, 1937
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References
edit- ^ Fend, Steven V.; Ohtaka, Akifumi; Torii, Takaaki (2020-02-17). "New species and new records of Japanese Lumbriculidae (Annelida, Clitellata)". Zoosymposia. 17: 14–33–14–33. doi:10.11646/zoosymposia.17.1.5. ISSN 1178-9913. S2CID 213052297.
- ^ Yamaguchi, Hideji (August 1937). "Studies on the Aquatic Oligochaeta of Japan : III. A Description of Lumbriculus multiatriatus n. sp., with Remarks on Distribution of the Genital Organs in the Lumbriculidae (With Plate I, 2 Tables and 3 Textfigures)". JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE HOKKAIDO IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY Series VI. Zoology. 6 (1): 1–12.
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