List of the endemic species so far reported from Lake Biwa and its drainage system

(after Nishino, M. and N. C. Watanabe (2000): Evolution and endemism in Lake Biwa, with special reference to its gastropod mollusc fauna. In "Advances in Ecological Research, Volume 31: 151-180,and the subsequent studies)*species described after 1990.


Taxonomic group Scientific name
Protista
  Sarcomastigophora
Difflugia biwae Kawamura
  Bacillariophyta
Stephanodiscus suzukii Tuji et Kociolek*
Stephanodiscus pseudosuzukii Tuji et Kociolek*
  Chlorophyta
Pediastrum biwae Negoro
Pediastrum biwae var. triangulatum Negoro
Pediastrum biwae var. ovatum Negoro
Plantae
  Anthophyta
Vallisneria biwaensis Ohwi
Potamogeton biwaensis Miki
Animalia
  Platyhelminthes
Bdellocephala annandalei Ijima et Kaburaki
Mollusca
  Gastropoda
Heterogen longispira (Smith)
Valvata biwaensis Preston
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) arenicola Watanabe et Nishino*
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) dilatata Watanabe et Nishino*
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) fuscata Watanabe et Nishino*
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) decipiens (Westerlund)
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) fluvialis Watanabe et Nishino*
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) habei (Davis)
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) morii (Watanabe)
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) multigranosa (Boeetger)
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) nakasekoae (Kuroda)
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) niponica (Brot)
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) ourense Watanabe et Nishino*
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) reticulata (Kajiyama et Habe)
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) rugosa Watanabe et Nishino*
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) shiraishiensis Watanabe et Nishino*
Semisulcospira (Biwamelania) takeshimensis Watanabe et Nishino*
Radix onychia (Westerlund)
Gyraurus biwaensis (Preston)
Gyraurus amplificatus (Mori)
  Bivalvia
Hyriopsis schlegeri (v. Martens)
Unio douglasiae biwae (Kobelt)
Inversiunio reinianus (Kobelt)
Lanceolaria oxyrhyncha (v. Martens)
Cristaria plicata clessini (Kobelt)
Synanodonta calipygos (Kobelt)
Oguranodonta ogurae Kuroda et Habe
Corbicula (Corbicula) sandai Reinhardt
Pisidium (Eupisidium) kawamurai
Annelida
  Hirudinea
Ancyrobdella biwae Oka
Arthropoda
  Crustacea
Daphnia biwaensis (Ueno)
Jesogammarus (Annanogammarus) annandalei (Tattersal)
Jesogammarus (Annanogammarus) naritai Morino
Kamaka biwae Ueno
  Insecta
Ephoron limnobium Ishiwata*
Aphelocheirus kawamurae Matsumura
Apatania biwaensis Nishimoto*
Vertebrata
  Pisces
Salmo (Oncorhynchus) masou rhodurus Jordan et McGregor
Ischikauia steenackeri (Sauvage)
Gnathopogon caerulescens (Sauvage)
Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus Mori
Sarcocheilichthys biwaensis Hosoya
Squalidus chankaensis biwae (Jordan et Snyder)
Carassius cuvieri Temminck et Schlegeri
Carassius carassius grandoculis (Temminck et Schlegeri)
Silurus biwaensis (Tomoda)
Silurus lithophilus (Tomoda)
Chaenogobius isaza Tanaka
Cottus reinii Hilgendorf


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