Glyphidrilus elegans
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Ordo: Oligochaeta
Familia: Almidae
Genus: Glyphidrilus
Name
Glyphidrilus elegans Rao, 1922 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Glyphidrilus elegans Rao, 1922: 62. Type locality: Sandy islets in the Cauvery, Dubari forests. Fraserpett (Coorg); banks of Sheravaty, Shimoga (Mysore).
- Glyphidrilus annandalei – Stephenson, 1923: 491. Brinkhurst and Jamieson 1971[1]: 755.
Material examined
The specimen which closely matches the measurements and anatomical characters with the original description is designated herein as the lectotype NHM 1922: 4: 20: 10 (Fig. 14). The type locality of this species is Sandy islets in the Cauvery, Dubari forests. Fraserpett (Coorg); bank of Sheravaty, Shimoga (Mysore).
Description of Lectotype
Dimensions: body length 139 mm. Body cylindrical in anterior part, quadrangular in transverse section-behind clitellum. 248 segments. Body colour pale brown. Anus dorsal-terminal. At posterior end dorsal surface considerably broader than the ventral. Clitellar wi on ventro-lateral part of clitellum in 25–31. Prostomium zygolobous. Dorsal pores absent. Clitellum annular in 13–35. Four pairs of setae per segment from 2, setal formula aa:ab:bc:cd:dd = 1.0:0.5:1.5:0.5:1.0 at segment 8. Female pores, male pores and spermathecal pores not visible. Gm: lateral paired or asymmetrical on bc in 13–24, and 32–35.
Septa 5/6–8/9 thicker, 9/10–11/12 thick and 12/13 to the last segment thin. Gi small, globular within 8. Intestine enlarged from 13. Dorsal blood vessel anterior to 7. He in 7–11. No distinguishable np in first thirteen segments. Sv in 9–12. Ov in 13. Testis in 10–11. Prostate and accessory glands absent. Sc in 13/14–17/18, two to six on each side per segment.
Remarks
See Table 1.
This speciesis known only from the type locality in sandy islets in the Cauvery, Dubari forests and Fraserpett (Coorg); banks of Sheravaty, Shimoga (Mysore).
Taxon Treatment
- Chanabun, R; Sutcharit, C; Tongkerd, P; Panha, S; 2013: The semi-aquatic freshwater earthworms of the genus Glyphidrilus Horst, 1889 from Thailand (Oligochaeta, Almidae) with re-descriptions of several species ZooKeys, 265: 1-76. doi
Other References
- ↑ Brinkhurst R, Jamieson B (1971) Aquatic Oligochaeta of the World. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 753 pp.
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