Published December 10, 2024
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Helodrilus bavaricus, a remarkable new earthworm species from Bavaria, Germany (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae)
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Eszterhazy Karoly Catholic University
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Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture
Description
Here we report on a new Helodrilus species found in Rotthalmünster, Southern Germany. This unique new species
has four pairs of spermathecae and long protruding tubercles. Besides Lumbricus badensis Michaelsen, 1907 from
Schwarzwald forest, this is the second earthworm species from Germany that appears to be endemic, suggesting that the
southern part of present-day Germany may represent the northern limit of the distribution of endemic earthworm species.
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