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New Ocnerodrilidae genera, species and records from Brazil (Annelida: Crassiclitellata).

Authors :
James SW
Bartz MLC
Brown GG
Source :
Zootaxa [Zootaxa] 2023 Mar 15; Vol. 5255 (1), pp. 235-269. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 15.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

We describe three new species of Eukerria, six of Kerriona, one of Ocnerodrilus and two of Belladrilus (Clitellata: Ocnerodrilidae) from Brazil, mostly from wet habitats including bromeliad leaf axils, plus some from forest soils in Bahia state. We also provide new morphological and distribution data on Kerriona luederwaldti Michaelsen, 1924. We describe the new genus Pauqueba and its two new species, both from bromeliad leaf axils and forest floor litter in the state of Bahia. It has two pairs of calciferous glands, the balantine reduction of the male terminalia but spermathecae in ix, and no gizzard. The new genus Parabauba found in deeper (30 cm) soil layers is distinctive for the combination of two pairs of calciferous glands, a large gizzard in v, acanthodriline male terminalia, and no typholosole. The new genus Diplomoela from a mesic soil in Bahia is meronephric, unusually large for the Ocnerodrilidae, and has two well-developed gizzards.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1175-5334
Volume :
5255
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Zootaxa
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
37045256
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.22