A NEW EARTHWORM GENUS (EUDRILIDAE, OLIGOCHAETA) FROM NIGERIA

Authors
OWA SO
Citation
So. Owa, A NEW EARTHWORM GENUS (EUDRILIDAE, OLIGOCHAETA) FROM NIGERIA, Journal of Natural History, 29(3), 1995, pp. 571-579
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of Natural History → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222933
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
571 - 579
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2933(1995)29:3<571:ANEG(O>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A new eudrilid earthworm genus and species Takunodrilus yeyei from Tak un is described whose spermathecal diagnostic features include an ante rior pore, a coffin-shaped atrio-receptaculum, an unpaired anterior sp ermathecal chamber which is endowed with an ascending and a descending arm, and two furcae connecting the ovarian systems to the descending arm. The new genus is compared and contrasted with existing related ge nera.