Geogenia Kinberg 1867
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Genus Geogenia Kinberg, 1867
Geogenia Kinberg, 1867: 97; Perrier 1886: 876; Reynolds & Cook 1976: 52; 1993: 22; Pickford 1975: 23; Brinkhurst & Jamieson 1971: 739.
Microchaeta [partim]: Rosa 1891: 382; 1898: 1; Beddard 1895: 675.
Geogenia (Microchaeta?): Michaelsen 1899: 428.
Geogenia (Microchaetus?): Michaelsen 1891: 38; 1899: 428; 1900: 462.
Microchaetus: Michaelsen 1899:428 [redescription of natalensis]; [partim]: 1900: 448; 1908:40; 1913 a: 545; 1913 b: 61; 1913 c: 422; 1918: 331; Brinkhurst & Jamieson 1971: 739; Pickford 1975: 23 [partim]; Reynolds & Cook 1993: 6; Hodgson & Jamieson 1992: 112 [for pentheri]; Plisko 1995: 283; [partim]: 1991: 279; 1992: 338; 1993: 222; 1998: 250; 2002:205; 2003: 281; 2005: 105; 2006: 34. Type species: Geogenia natalensis Kinberg, 1867
Diagnosis: Holandric, testes and male funnels in 10, 11. Excretory system holoic, with V-shaped nephridial bladders. Gizzard single in segment 7. Dorsal blood vessel double in 4–9, being partly or fully separated when crossing segments, but simple after 10; in segment 8 broadly parted, in 9 enlarged, constituting a ‘cordiform’ organ. Calciferous glands not stalked, paired or encircling oesophagus, although always with dorsal or ventral vestigial grooves; in one or two segments. Spermathecae and spermathecal pores in pre-testicular, testicular or post-testicular segments. If only pre-testicular or post-testicular, then pores occur in fewer than four furrows. If in more than four furrows, pores occur anterior to testes segments, in testis and post-testicular intersegmental furrows. Two pairs of seminal vesicles; rarely only one anterior pair. Two, three or four anterior septa (4/5–8/9) variably thickened. Body length of most species 40–300 mm, some extending to 400 mm, and one species reaching 800 mm. Number of segments approximately 100–500.
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Microchaetidae
- Genus
- Geogenia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Crassiclitellata
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Scientific name authorship
- Kinberg
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Geogenia Kinberg, 1867 sec. Nxele, 2015
References
- KINBERG, J. H. G. 1867. Annulata nova. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 23: 97 - 103.
- PERRIER, E. 1886. Sur les generes de lombriciens terrestres de Kinberg. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences 102: 875 - 877.
- REYNOLDS, J. W. & COOK, D. G. 1976. Nomenclatura Oligochaetologica. A catalogue of names, descriptions and type specimens of the Oligochaeta. Ottawa: Runge Press.
- PICKFORD, G. E. 1975. Contributions to a study of South African Microchaetinae (Annelida: Oligochaeta). Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science 46: 13 - 76.
- BRINKHURST, R. O. & JAMIESON, B. G. M. 1971. The aquatic Oligochaeta of the world. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd.
- ROSA, D. 1891. Die exotischen Terricolen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hoffmuseums. Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen Hoffmuseums 6: 379 - 406.
- BEDDARD, F. E. 1895. A monograph of the order of Oligochaeta. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- MICHAELSEN, W. 1891. Terricolen der Berliner Zoologischen Sammlung. I. Afrika. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 57 (1): 205 - 228.
- HODGSON, A. N. & JAMIESON, B. G. M. 1992. Spermatogenesis in the earthworm Microchaetus pentheri (Oligochaeta, Microchaetidae). Zoomorphology 112: 57 - 66.