Polypheretima mekongmontis Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen 2014
Description
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Polypheretima mekongmontis Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen, 2014: 118, fig. 6.
*: Information obtained from Omodeo (1957)
Material examined
45 matures (CTU-EW 028.04) Hon Tre Island (09°58 ʹ 33 ʹʹ N, 104°51 ʹ 19.3 ʹʹ E), Kien Hai Distrist, Kien Giang Province, 14 November 2013, coll. Kim-Binh T. Trinh.
Diagnosis
Body cylindrical, medium size, length 82–91 mm, diameter 3.2–3.7 mm, 103–150 segments. Prostomium prolobous. First dorsal pore in 12/13. Setal number 31–39 in viii, 42–53 in xxx, 5–7 between male porophores in xviii; setal distance aa> ab, zz> zy. Spermathecal pores multiple, in ventrolateral intersegments 4/5/6/7. Male pores located inside copulatory pouches in xviii. No genital markings in the spermathecal region, but two pairs in xvii and xix. Testis sacs separated. Holandric. Intestinal caeca absent. Septa 8/9/10 absent.
Habitats
The species was found in soils in which long-term trees are planted.
Remarks
The species was recently described from Hon Dat Mountain in the mainland of Kien Giang Province. It is recorded in Hon Tre Island for first time.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 2013-11-14
- Family
- Megascolecidae
- Genus
- Polypheretima
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Crassiclitellata
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Scientific name authorship
- Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen
- Species
- mekongmontis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 2013-11-14
- Taxonomic concept label
- Polypheretima mekongmontis Nguyen, 2014 sec. Nguyen, Trinh, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2017
References
- Nguyen TT, Tran TTB, Nguyen AD. 2014. Earthworms of the ' acaecate' Pheretima group in Vietnam (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae), with description of a new species from the Mekong delta. Zootaxa. 3866: 105 - 121.
- Rosa D. 1890. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmanica e regioni vicini, XXVI. Perichaetidi. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. 10: 107 - 122.
- Omodeo P. 1957. Oligocheti dell' Indocina e del Mediterraneo Orientale. Memorie del Musceo Civico di Storia Naturale. 5: 321 - 336.