title: First record of Orobdellakawakatsuorum (Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida: Erpobdelliformes) from Kunashir Island, Kuril Islands.
abstract: Specimens of the genus Orobdella Oka, 1895 from Kunashir Island, the Kuril Islands, are identified as Orobdellakawakatsuorum Richardson, 1975. Mitochondrial tRNA(Leu) and ND1 data confirm the species identification of the Kunashir specimens. This is the first record of the genus Orobdella from the Kuril Islands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.affiliation: A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Konstantin B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Gongalsky
keywords: Hirudinida; Kuril Islands; ND1; Orobdellakawakatsuorum; geographical record