A NEW SPECIES OF FRIDERICIA (OLIGOCHAETA, ENCHYTRAEIDAE) FOUND IN A SPRING IN THE SUDETY MOUNTAINS (POLAND)

Authors
DUMNICKA E
Citation
E. Dumnicka, A NEW SPECIES OF FRIDERICIA (OLIGOCHAETA, ENCHYTRAEIDAE) FOUND IN A SPRING IN THE SUDETY MOUNTAINS (POLAND), Annales de Limnologie, 34(2), 1998, pp. 155-158
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Limnology
Journal title
Annales de Limnologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034088
Volume
34
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
155 - 158
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4088(1998)34:2<155:ANSOF(>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A new species, Fridericia dissimilis n. sp., found during a study of t he aquatic oligochaete fauna in the region of Snieznik Massive (Sudety Mts, south-western Poland) is described. The species belongs to the F ridericia group of species characterised by asymmetrical spermathecae with a single diverticulum, but it is easily distinguished from other species by, the enormous size of the gland at the ectal orifice of the spermatheca and the shape of ampulla, and by the shape of the brain a nd seminal vesicles.