Inanidrilus bulbosus gen. et sp.n., a Marine Tubificid (Oligochaeta) from Florida, USA |
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| Authors: | CHRISTER ERSéUS |
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| Institution: | Department of Zoology, University of GÖteborg, Fack, S-40033 GÖteborg, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Inanidrilus bulbosus gen. et sp.n. is described from subtidal sands near Miami, Florida. The species lacks alimentary canal, but it possesses highly modified penial setae and an unpaired dorsal spermatheca. It appears closely related to Phallodrilus Pierantoni, but since it is devoid of anterior prostate glands, which are attached to the ental ends of the atria in Phallodrilus , a new monotypic genus, Inanidrilus gen.n., is established. |
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