Taxonomic Revision of Cirrodrilus makinoi (Annelida: Clitellata: Branchiobdellida) with a Redescription of C. homodontus

Cirrodrilus makinoi (Yamaguchi, 1934) has not been identified since it was originally described from the Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus (De Haan, 1841) on Hokkaido Island, northern Japan.A critical morphological comparison of the original and new material of C.makinoi with those of closely related C.tsugarensis Gelder and Ohtaka, 2000, fr

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