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Male pores (mp);
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Spermathecae (s);
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Prostate gland (p). Scale bar: 1 mm.
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The species is named after the municipality of Naawan,
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Brown worm with adult length
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In live animals, dorsal brown, ventral pale, equators pigmented; Length
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at xx; body cylindrical in cross-section, tail blunt; 67120 segments. First dorsal pore at 13 / 14; spermathecal pore three pairs at 6 / 7 / 8 / 9, inconspicuous, distance between spermathecal pores
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(0.18 circumference apart ventrally). Female pore single in xiv, openings of copulatory bursae paired in xviii, extending to xxi, distance between openings
<quantity id="A9609B63A417DAD92AE515F8D0EF902A" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.2" unit="mm" value="4.2">4.2 mm</quantity>
(0.17 circumference apart ventrally), 45 setae between openings. Clitellum annular, from xiv to xvi. Setae evenly distributed around segmental equators; 2933 setae on vii, 6971 setae on xx, dorsal and ventral setal gaps absent. Genital marking lacking.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="24D3E89717BB14094928194CFBF94560">Septa 4 / 58 / 9 muscular, and 9 / 1010 / 11 thin, 11 / 1213 / 14 muscular. Dense tufts of nephridia on anterior faces of 5 / 6 and 6 / 7; nephridia of intestinal segments located mainly on body near septum / body wall junction. Large gizzard extending from ix to xi, esophagus with low vertical lamellae x xiii, intestinal origin xv, caeca simple originating in xxvii, extending forward to xxiii; Hearts in x to xiii, esophageal; commissural vessels in vi, vii, and ix, lateral.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4BFD4DB77A685843669FF26BB70796A8">Ovaries and funnels free in xiii. Three pairs of spermathecae in vii, viii, ix with nephridia on ducts; each spermatheca large with ovate ampulla, short muscular duct, stalked diverticulum attached to duct near ampulla, terminating in sausage-shaped receptacle, stalk thin. Male sexual system holandric, testes and funnels enclosed in paired sacs in x, xi; seminal vesicles xi, xii, each with digitate dorsal lobe; vesicles of xi enclosed in testes sac; vasa deferentia slender, free from body wall to ental end of prostatic ducts; prostates large in xvii to xix, each a single, dense, racemose mass; short muscular duct entering on lateral margin of copulatory bursa; copulatory bursae small in xvii xviii; tapering penis present.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ELLAI" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="65561F1938E2FC15DCB010D6FC743587">
<heading id="2A3066F7F3C07AA1DCA6EEFA9849E9B5" reason="title">Remarks.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="725F03B49F0DE00047893E40432CA2BD">
<taxonomicName id="72CB6E67FEF3195EDC79C38DC0CF7E01" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="naawanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9544BB37CE362E5EB0A7B4E3E6087D0E" italics="true">Pheretima naawanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6C93ECBD6CD97FFFB6495D20651BB92D" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, belongs to the
<taxonomicName id="8E8CE9ECD1D254FD1B12025C209C3910" authorityName="Horst" authorityYear="1893" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="38263FBB861918E9BDB1BDA06B7D4A08" italics="true">Ph. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group of
<bibRefCitation id="1D5ABA81B3B595B3A674D199877B1BF5" DOI="10.1111/j.1095-8312.1972.tb00694.x" author="Sims R &amp; Easton E" firstAuthor="Sims" journalOrPublisher="Biological Journal of the Linnean Society" pagination="169-268" refId="B70" refString="Sims R, Easton E (1972) A numerical revision of the earthworm genus Pheretima with the recognition of new genera and an appendix on the earthworms collected by the Royal Society North Borneo Expedition. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 4: 169268. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1972.tb00694.x" title="A numerical revision of the earthworm genus Pheretima with the recognition of new genera and an appendix on the earthworms collected by the Royal Society North Borneo Expedition." volume="4" year="1972">Sims and Easton (1972)</bibRefCitation>
, characterized by having three pairs of spermathecal pores in 6 / 78 / 9. Members of the group include
<taxonomicName id="7F634A39008B10ADF4E1F74E57842D3E" authority="Gates, 1937" authorityName="Gates" authorityYear="1937" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="callosa">
<emphasis id="DE5990A46C34AF6E11A48B0750BDB86B" italics="true">Ph. callosa</emphasis>
Gates, 1937
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5B04ADFC5929C7411432D4F2C9F1E466" authority="Michaelsen, 1913" authorityName="Michaelsen" authorityYear="1913" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="poiana">
<emphasis id="0E5827E5351D18B15B7B786D04B03A55" italics="true">Ph. poiana</emphasis>
Michaelsen, 1913
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="9F202A96CB395FC0CF88A2D1BFA7CFC4" authority="Rosa, 1981" authorityName="Rosa" authorityYear="1981" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="philippina">
<emphasis id="6713C8ECC9EA1FB4D14C574FDEBED6F9" italics="true">Ph. philippina</emphasis>
Rosa, 1981
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="71F27B455A85D047FE9A0E95CA67C918" authority="Aspe &amp; Obusan, 2023" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Obusan" authorityYear="2023" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="losbanosensis">
<emphasis id="A1F63AA5F56DCC997456FF89A4B93C20" italics="true">Ph. losbanosensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="452958716DE22CC984098C0EDBA137FC" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.14" author="Aspe NM &amp; Obusan MCM" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="101-112" refId="B7" refString="Aspe NM, Obusan MCM (2023) Pheretimoid earthworms (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) cultivated in a vermifacility in Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 5255 (1): 101-112. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.14" title="Pheretimoid earthworms (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) cultivated in a vermifacility in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, with description of a new species." volume="5255" year="2023">Aspe &amp; Obusan, 2023</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="093E51CE3751C1A041C7A838D2B8252D" authority="Cognetti, 1922" authorityName="Cognetti" authorityYear="1922" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="korinchiana">
<emphasis id="3C29028121400C8BB8B60CFFBC1E6DF7" italics="true">Ph. korinchiana</emphasis>
Cognetti, 1922
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E9C00C3D860CA086362DFB99B2791EED" authority="Nguyen et al., 2018" authorityName="Nguyen" authorityYear="2018" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="vungtauensis">
<emphasis id="380BF39DFD2016A24EE3CB50EBB08A3C" italics="true">Ph. vungtauensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="BC799F10AD63CD994C6CDB8B7F35D638" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4496.1.20" author="Nguyen TT &amp; Nguyen NQ &amp; Nguyen AD" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="251-258" refId="B58" refString="Nguyen TT, Nguyen NQ, Nguyen AD (2018) First record of the earthworm genus Pheretima Kinberg, 1867 sensu stricto in Vietnam, with description of a new species (Annelida: Clitellata: Megascolecidae). Zootaxa 4496 (1): 251-258. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4496.1.20" title="First record of the earthworm genus Pheretima Kinberg, 1867 sensu stricto in Vietnam, with description of a new species (Annelida: Clitellata: Megascolecidae)." volume="4496" year="2018">Nguyen et al., 2018</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="245FE1158671698ADDCAD86700425160" authority="Horst, 1893" authorityName="Horst" authorityYear="1893" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="3945F5A59D561143E1A0CC04B8B4989E" italics="true">Ph. dubia</emphasis>
Horst, 1893
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AD5051D35A5345D14879F7D72B539897" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2011" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2011" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="julkai">
<emphasis id="E8F9BE7830D03331EA37ECBCA1739800" italics="true">Ph. julkai</emphasis>
Hong &amp; James, 2011
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="43DD4A6B39D0585CC3B9FE0307923F99" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2010" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2010" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="banaoi">
<emphasis id="CCA4795272F791D85A3140634A1729C6" italics="true">Ph. banaoi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="02CEE77DD0A250B49D261C83602A7E50" author="Hong Y &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Studies" pagination="523-533" refId="B35" refString="Hong Y, James SW (2010) Six new earthworms of the genus Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Balbalan-Balbalasang, Kalinga Province, the Philippines. Zoological Studies 49: 523-533." title="Six new earthworms of the genus Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Balbalan-Balbalasang, Kalinga Province, the Philippines." volume="49" year="2010">Hong &amp; James, 2010</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="98DB13AE9E7DD7B1DA354C5F829CAE08" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2011" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2011" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="lamaganensis">
<emphasis id="391405C6CCE330AE2502DF459C1D6D79" italics="true">Ph. lamaganensis</emphasis>
Hong &amp; James, 2011
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="CC2224BC3023A29637D3ADCB573306D8" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2010" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2010" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="balbalanensis">
<emphasis id="ED8AD4EC0A749E774A5EF4EE9F126A73" italics="true">Ph. balbalanensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="2F6E8E9D8FBF054A83B354FE01955928" author="Hong Y &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Studies" pagination="523-533" refId="B35" refString="Hong Y, James SW (2010) Six new earthworms of the genus Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Balbalan-Balbalasang, Kalinga Province, the Philippines. Zoological Studies 49: 523-533." title="Six new earthworms of the genus Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Balbalan-Balbalasang, Kalinga Province, the Philippines." volume="49" year="2010">Hong &amp; James, 2010</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="8CB3A56BBAE327B43D2F770D8AFAF23B" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2011" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2011" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="globosa">
<emphasis id="52654C3184D3439DC3249FE5C126AC89" italics="true">Ph. globosa</emphasis>
Hong &amp; James, 2011
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="AC9804B7E0FD63E5C9CD2846809940F4" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="naawanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="13FA665EAC16ADD3FE1583C083818F1A" italics="true">Ph. naawanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0BF9539FA658DB82562B5DAFA9647E81" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
In terms of the distance between spermathecal pores, the new species is similar to
<taxonomicName id="C292647134CED951F4ADAEE628DD5C0E" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Obusan" authorityYear="2023" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="losbanosensis">
<emphasis id="86982F2ABA42867BF2E3135F7B785218" italics="true">Ph. losbanosensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a significantly larger worm, while the other members of the species group have a wider distance between male pores (0.190.4) (Table
<tableCitation id="7B0B741232E11F50DF7AFB780E9E96CA" captionStart="Table 3" captionStartId="T3" captionText="Table 3. Comparison among members of the Ph. dubia group of Sims and Easton (1972). The species are listed in order of size from largest to smallest." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/268B90A6B2730CF31C8520421CC63206" tableUuid="268B90A6B2730CF31C8520421CC63206">3</tableCitation>
). Similar to
<taxonomicName id="331A3A4CB70AC49E286ECC708FE75883" authorityName="Horst" authorityYear="1893" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="ACED4632F4B25DBBFAC4B4BA8C0CEF8B" italics="true">Ph. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.17), the new species has a wider distance between male pores than that of
<taxonomicName id="D0739299CD6CF50C7CF37BD8D19EC096" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Obusan" authorityYear="2023" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="losbanosensis">
<emphasis id="4C84FC38DDC1BC9BBE7575095040A66C" italics="true">Ph. losbanosensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.15) but has a narrower distance between male pores than that of the other members of the species group (0.180.29). In terms of length,
<taxonomicName id="CB08F6609F71ECF32DAD0E8393AA618E" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="naawanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="4BFB3A2DF589E0E7D7909F0227CC0FA6" italics="true">Ph. naawanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="22761D3948529B562973A495C4524769" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is relatively similar to
<taxonomicName id="F43F824116F1822683E90AF6AA61D555" authority="Cognetti, 1922" authorityName="Cognetti" authorityYear="1922" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="korinchiana">
<emphasis id="7322DF34C926207DE4F16DCCCCCE236D" italics="true">Ph. korinchiana</emphasis>
Cognetti, 1922
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="6AF6C0FE17A19277C1FFF3CA1E85EEF4" authority="Horst, 1893" authorityName="Horst" authorityYear="1893" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="FCF85196C5E112AE4A0A3B8200B29644" italics="true">Ph. dubia</emphasis>
Horst, 1893
</taxonomicName>
. However, the new species has fewer preclitellar setae (2933) and more postclitellar setae than the two species (38, 43, and 52, respectively). It also has fewer setae between male pores (45) than the two species (12 and 10, respectively). In addition, the new species has a narrower distance between spermathecal pores and between male pores (0.18 and 0.17, respectively) than
<taxonomicName id="868A59C26567B45B95AE07D801D8D8C2" authorityName="Cognetti" authorityYear="1922" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="korinchiana">
<emphasis id="396603EC607F0537376A1A1020097659" italics="true">Ph. korinchiana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.190.22) and has a significantly narrower distance between spermathecal pores than
<taxonomicName id="6493B02C55A39CEC041C874947DF0C63" authorityName="Horst" authorityYear="1893" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="1B6EC5E42D995A551D3375F12BF8AF52" italics="true">Ph. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.38).
<taxonomicName id="78DFF2F321AEBFE17E33F2A20A102828" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="naawanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C86E3970BFE7B55F56C723EB3B50E007" italics="true">Pheretima naawanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6179470216F20C78BD85C2941900646B" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, is so far the only species belonging to the
<taxonomicName id="EEFD0471C71E1C99554E50202F82F3E8" authorityName="Horst" authorityYear="1893" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="A0FBDE6BD20EC768D6C14E53AE960DF2" italics="true">Ph. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group to be recorded from Mindanao Island, geographically isolated from any member of the species group.
</paragraph>
<caption id="268B90A6B2730CF31C8520421CC63206" ID-Table-UUID="268B90A6B2730CF31C8520421CC63206" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/268B90A6B2730CF31C8520421CC63206" startId="T3" targetIsTable="true">
<paragraph id="5DBD76772C211FF010AE980BB4509A94">
<label id="FB0964F2C2C428150E3B20CC58244213">Table 3.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F60BE0C1D268D2D79403188BC60F88CC">
Comparison among members of the
<taxonomicName id="BA0302490D9C034CB8D144289969F7BB" authorityName="Horst" authorityYear="1893" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="80917F4905D24A60EB206465DD2CAD0F" italics="true">Ph. dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group of
<bibRefCitation id="09F64857AA7640DD318345F4927C186C" DOI="10.1111/j.1095-8312.1972.tb00694.x" author="Sims R &amp; Easton E" firstAuthor="Sims" journalOrPublisher="Biological Journal of the Linnean Society" pagination="169-268" refId="B70" refString="Sims R, Easton E (1972) A numerical revision of the earthworm genus Pheretima with the recognition of new genera and an appendix on the earthworms collected by the Royal Society North Borneo Expedition. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 4: 169268. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1972.tb00694.x" title="A numerical revision of the earthworm genus Pheretima with the recognition of new genera and an appendix on the earthworms collected by the Royal Society North Borneo Expedition." volume="4" year="1972">Sims and Easton (1972)</bibRefCitation>
. The species are listed in order of size from largest to smallest.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="913C83BD9CA2FE0768917707289EAAA7">
<table id="TID0E6CCI" rules="all">
<tbody id="C4E83795BFAC469234B7F0CB154696A4">
<tr id="2DD0E50B18432690BBEDBBF818FB4081">
<th id="B775B33E85DE6AB2677FDFA8AC65AC0F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Characters</th>
<th id="FE9807354AC47D1CC9FFB13FB561CD25" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="92F7F81E377D5CF787614C809E3A335B" authority="Gates, 1937" authorityName="Gates" authorityYear="1937" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="callosa">
<emphasis id="FC6606B221524912D72B4D1382B7331C" italics="true">Ph. callosa</emphasis>
Gates, 1937
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="3E89C59580C173C596F2E02D44315C3B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="0DF2A5DBDD9B01E2916167AE83D9A55B" authority="Michaelsen, 1913" authorityName="Michaelsen" authorityYear="1913" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="poiana">
<emphasis id="A7DA19158CC9013174D10E51D8188459" italics="true">Ph. poiana</emphasis>
Michaelsen, 1913
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="059DBDBC9C1D370C6FFF2226A3D72979" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="68D88576911CE3577C71632FAFB7B98B" authority="Rosa, 1981" authorityName="Rosa" authorityYear="1981" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="philippina">
<emphasis id="646976385753B384913CAC17E6E39CEC" italics="true">Ph. philippina</emphasis>
Rosa, 1981
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="B690C22F254C864F94E2464462BABCE5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="3D88E9E432CDB7CA5ADC890F8A7646ED" authority="Aspe &amp; Obusan, 2023" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Obusan" authorityYear="2023" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="losbanosensis">
<emphasis id="B34B1A128F0211F63E042D8988427D4F" italics="true">Ph. losbanosensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="6601370C85CD73667E9928A8637A924C" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.14" author="Aspe NM &amp; Obusan MCM" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="101-112" refId="B7" refString="Aspe NM, Obusan MCM (2023) Pheretimoid earthworms (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) cultivated in a vermifacility in Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 5255 (1): 101-112. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.14" title="Pheretimoid earthworms (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) cultivated in a vermifacility in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, with description of a new species." volume="5255" year="2023">Aspe &amp; Obusan, 2023</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="B76919E94BF356570D7A89302D5DA03E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="3D66E02DA04CBD8008F4171DE5A78960" authority="Cognetti, 1922" authorityName="Cognetti" authorityYear="1922" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="korinchiana">
<emphasis id="C61D699B759A7B2B69F551A087D79FCB" italics="true">Ph. korinchiana</emphasis>
Cognetti, 1922
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="73AFD98F05E8271CA6CF6D9ED25333EB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="1407A63B2E5F1B76137AAF21C1513FF9" authority="Nguyen et al., 2018" authorityName="Nguyen" authorityYear="2018" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="vungtauensis">
<emphasis id="EB18ABBBC899F44AFE276DCE0570E447" italics="true">Ph. vungtauensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="18A1EE61512D54F2F5C49923558EC1BF" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4496.1.20" author="Nguyen TT &amp; Nguyen NQ &amp; Nguyen AD" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="251-258" refId="B58" refString="Nguyen TT, Nguyen NQ, Nguyen AD (2018) First record of the earthworm genus Pheretima Kinberg, 1867 sensu stricto in Vietnam, with description of a new species (Annelida: Clitellata: Megascolecidae). Zootaxa 4496 (1): 251-258. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4496.1.20" title="First record of the earthworm genus Pheretima Kinberg, 1867 sensu stricto in Vietnam, with description of a new species (Annelida: Clitellata: Megascolecidae)." volume="4496" year="2018">Nguyen et al., 2018</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="22BBD073993115EEB5F3E349FB628284" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="43542ED0B4EF919964EDF8CBD9332790" authority="Horst, 1893" authorityName="Horst" authorityYear="1893" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="1377E3E7D95956BC3B5918EE9E960D14" italics="true">Ph. dubia</emphasis>
Horst, 1893
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="5D72E9C4E103D4BB1A4CAEFFC2E1AFFD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="18CDA61171AC2005A4CFD38513837251" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="naawanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="1AC2690A25BD4D8293F70ECBD55A92DA" italics="true">Ph. naawanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="6CDF6F78CB79D01E2D6A66919F485201" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<th id="EB4A82B7C2D6374FD3676F3F02F0A3C8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="70E1DDA7A0649B977B73B633706BD516" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2011" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2011" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="julkai">
<emphasis id="56AC55A9ED551CA9A79165235E80F519" italics="true">Ph. julkai</emphasis>
Hong &amp; James, 2011
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="4A222FFDD96F74EDC83A803957E4D35B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="8094BFC6EEB0E96796B29F8F375D62C7" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2010" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2010" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="banaoi">
<emphasis id="9118EC7ABB098856496A7DB8935F27DB" italics="true">Ph. banaoi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="140920E5A614CFB0CD8955EF2266E05E" author="Hong Y &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Studies" pagination="523-533" refId="B35" refString="Hong Y, James SW (2010) Six new earthworms of the genus Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Balbalan-Balbalasang, Kalinga Province, the Philippines. Zoological Studies 49: 523-533." title="Six new earthworms of the genus Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Balbalan-Balbalasang, Kalinga Province, the Philippines." volume="49" year="2010">Hong &amp; James, 2010</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="715A27EB8446B18A4EF66268463947BD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="4B124B855CAAC065F1B0A7266C3A0215" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2011" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2011" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="lamaganensis">
<emphasis id="D7CC00AFBDE300C884AE92CFF1F4B456" italics="true">Ph. lamaganensis</emphasis>
Hong &amp; James, 2011
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="1EEE7DBC414E0EC96848CC1B609BD7FC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="1EC7BEBD0FC863CE31E8958BA9C8AFE4" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2010" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2010" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="balbalanensis">
<emphasis id="633843E1650EA4397EB6E769FF019498" italics="true">Ph. balbalanensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C88D107D051EF7ADA464BDE42F24638D" author="Hong Y &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Studies" pagination="523-533" refId="B35" refString="Hong Y, James SW (2010) Six new earthworms of the genus Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Balbalan-Balbalasang, Kalinga Province, the Philippines. Zoological Studies 49: 523-533." title="Six new earthworms of the genus Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Balbalan-Balbalasang, Kalinga Province, the Philippines." volume="49" year="2010">Hong &amp; James, 2010</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<taxonomicName id="448566C689F825CF657D790BB4F71886" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2011 Length" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2011" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="globosa">
<th id="EF9418D5226026E6552F6BF37B3EBCD7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="C59CBEE5797376F0FCCC8A92B5686263" italics="true">Ph. globosa</emphasis>
Hong &amp; James, 2011
</th>
<tr id="D5D075C6F3D20AB2AC5308B69DB9EF8F">
<td id="221EA7C3858B6BF7BBF502BB68A82623" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Length (mm)</td>
<td id="29FC1106899C97293F2437B2F2CF4AEF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">330</td>
<td id="57C2DB41C21C128F157988FF7A9012B0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">290</td>
<td id="E0F8555E17B827507A7C9752D889546B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">180240</td>
<td id="288F28BCE36D304FB5AEC00F8E67D0DD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">220228</td>
<td id="5ADFEE05CC24DD23BDF071DEBBDD4620" colspan="1" rowspan="1">83180</td>
<td id="94292C3F62E702C6C26B94DE2EF6D340" colspan="1" rowspan="1">132169</td>
<td id="0A3DB07C8D6EEFFFB744278A735984AF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">80140</td>
<td id="839BFF19257764797300A0BC92EFD880" colspan="1" rowspan="1">82100</td>
<td id="4639CF77EEA852904319D0C5BBB2B5B0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4969</td>
<td id="6266831766440B0ABE0600E06A1790EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5360</td>
<td id="93910D71E030B83818E76587525C5AE9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4655</td>
<td id="384DA7CE77555F4CCA587F48D15AC6D2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4250</td>
<td id="401F7216C30EABA48CBAD2B8181FB227" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3542</td>
</tr>
</taxonomicName>
</tr>
<tr id="A6320C1CE8602A22A73211591977B876">
<td id="053F582414B97EA4B5A0CDE7338B1ED8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Width (mm)</td>
<td id="3E9D1604EEF03296529A0FFE54D25890" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16</td>
<td id="D92D3F555FD8649534F261DA8F13D229" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="FB80348571E93274F8A15CDE1A8BB3AA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7</td>
<td id="DEC543C9181A698090B2CD4A63A6554C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">89</td>
<td id="0E52C7738581DED272B1A2BE0AF80987" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="238569C9D4E77455917B2AD3D06B1979" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.1 6.1</td>
<td id="FA4306C5535A994892C769E96440CB62" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="03F12C092B8E9CCEF197A177E94A0BFB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6 9</td>
<td id="5CF965F537BDEBBBD1A59F150E8CF679" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.54</td>
<td id="6335220566B9DE44E557A15AEFCE9DAD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">33.6</td>
<td id="FF986ACB960ED06AE2570D47B2E70EC3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.53.2</td>
<td id="2964E840276B405212C4DD5A7E15D894" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.22.7</td>
<td id="EE44FCD7CD1F1A1E1F38D29DB6A671CA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.32.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F6C4B7FD8A8C0A4ECB5FB444AFBCA1EC">
<td id="89106F3740021900FC1F842D500D1A70" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pigmentation</td>
<td id="2D0A44062D2EA5FB1AC3BE8BE8A7928F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="248AD80BFE0039AC0854EDA7B873D9F6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">gray</td>
<td id="79CF3A1AD38BA49B31A4C3B394B7F3DF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">gray</td>
<td id="A9D208BA6EBDE9CFA6B5233783EFDB48" colspan="1" rowspan="1">brown</td>
<td id="4666F8D760BD7AA23B2197CA826144DE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">brown</td>
<td id="9E1B49E82C1857B86F684B0D5D81983A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">grayinsh brown</td>
<td id="48D185E893D24E0B1AF44AD440400611" colspan="1" rowspan="1">brown</td>
<td id="75224B37E70AEAF9CD9D70BC27DA3B24" colspan="1" rowspan="1">brown</td>
<td id="980B28262D5FDE51D1DB086D4869DF74" colspan="1" rowspan="1">light purple-brown</td>
<td id="C530E79C9AD7C24725B3AB654211EFC0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">yellowish-brown</td>
<td id="B076FEC90C1B130B863706C76BE90900" colspan="1" rowspan="1">brown</td>
<td id="046E8272D99017A3CF1DC3CF79DD0DE9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">reddish-brown</td>
<td id="6ECA4E559DC53047328A84DC1B0582AA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">light brown</td>
</tr>
<tr id="044D742311DF97D94C2BFD308C3E3897">
<td id="F83E3007494C5051F4C46D3D54A1F06C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">No. of segments</td>
<td id="0BFA6A845329C068FC3588A060AE9BDF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="99DB771F8F3F507876315548DADDFF40" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&gt; 110</td>
<td id="56C66A2C9F8406582C5C1985E45AE76F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">115125</td>
<td id="57C7B1E11DBF5FE96BC3018656E860A0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">117128</td>
<td id="C3FAC18C53A1A3B42D8C1F5FA8263995" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="A12230CDCA1B99C415ADF54311B7841C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">91 125</td>
<td id="6D19E69F31464236E4888069EFCF76AD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="971B592E64478061CC1CD8FDD5E4FDF5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">99 237</td>
<td id="C739B912A56C4DBB31EC8F71ADCC5DC1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9095</td>
<td id="03ED276BA66DC6736612897A2351F2B5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8997</td>
<td id="219DF37831042FEE4EACD40CADF6960F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8493</td>
<td id="01972B4BD68DB53AE0F2474746AB8903" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7285</td>
<td id="C0491EA18EB05C348EFA654E847129A4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7180</td>
</tr>
<tr id="54D922E33FDACBEA5D552449DCE17083">
<td id="846468E95B90522DA8CE1E51370FC3BA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">First dorsal pore</td>
<td id="2F1E47F1F6940E4EA30DA8FA6F0F95E2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="AC9296A2B501ABEBD631CF6420EEB4CE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="05AFD397BCD8F62BDDB1FB0C6710E14E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 12</td>
<td id="63EF9200EF8FCE45873A5184D7F355E8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="5FF0D3DAE9FAF260076BCBDA6E60BB26" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="564BD1E462A54F2C19E3761BF99E2167" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 12 or 12 / 13</td>
<td id="5DBE933B0A4B6FCD671C50CB6131807F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="68CA3EEAA5CE3818335AB5FCC886211A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="51B3389299064623C50AAA02A4A80FF1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10 / 11</td>
<td id="EDA1012871B2009FFB8C054709899FB1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="1DC052358F7B1A05D93B98DD8C12F306" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 12</td>
<td id="55354B45D2224EF00C5CAD02C5BBA9B2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 12</td>
<td id="D2A16534C016CC525142EF238335485D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 12</td>
</tr>
<tr id="623F462DE507DBF9EFB7341657CA0E29">
<td id="7C61367FD3E1D96351EA5EA4D8E492B1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Setae on vii, xx</td>
<td id="E3D0D0EA2D8157D7FFE14F6BE8AD6C14" colspan="1" rowspan="1">71, 114</td>
<td id="F2D03374354E1D3287D216A497D4C481" colspan="1" rowspan="1">50 (v); 52 (xix)</td>
<td id="40A0220402438D71C821D8B13ABDB08B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">44,&gt; 70</td>
<td id="97A7443E60366D5C4B657A84979D6B2F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2636, 5560</td>
<td id="19068058AD03E0798B6E7E0D3768D366" colspan="1" rowspan="1">38, 43</td>
<td id="BDC1EE1FEB8DF04E735DB5603083367F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3149 (viii), 5782 (xxv)</td>
<td id="D0700E032315139FF98F2A7696D12DE1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">38, 52</td>
<td id="4A06C18BD44701F499278F1914B0830C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2933, 6971</td>
<td id="5F2D0FF8607732BA488333452A19191C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2931, 5154</td>
<td id="7A0305460C1A123951E5EAC25CD3A7D8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2535, 4647</td>
<td id="EF5404C10077090EEF5223708E0BC028" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4344, 2330</td>
<td id="9D64FCF0EA31CD7ACBC2299B87D17112" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2931, 4142</td>
<td id="49A598FDC2446B9806EF986A2E8FBA2D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">29, 52</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E45FEC7A22F12FB7EB9755F5F8803369">
<td id="4CD0E54545519F295CF6792D59A4D0EE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Setae bet. male pores</td>
<td id="0F8456FC727E0D07DE70138CE4A5B84E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="3BFC813C22DA4933C1B40A329695DBD9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="1C5DCEA6DFCCB3C63656B080C99D4EAA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="8BD80BED5DCDB9C6690CCE94A83D234F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">46</td>
<td id="34D5EB9A8A932A72A2EA916D80F15157" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td id="BDB48DAB0E70534885605122A1E535CE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1117</td>
<td id="B08637E1F6CD7D67B5B3E3AB60D7D436" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td id="BEBB64B78E0CCC55363C4ADA16A412ED" colspan="1" rowspan="1">45</td>
<td id="68D32D8575300602BAC2BD5EB0C6AE30" colspan="1" rowspan="1">610</td>
<td id="70688F1AC89CDB491B1F77B1B46AE64D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">612</td>
<td id="748AC4C4232481DA8EF4AC8F6A3B9164" colspan="1" rowspan="1">710</td>
<td id="FA2E004C64103595D08EA835D973FD87" colspan="1" rowspan="1">68</td>
<td id="2381C266B23B6878DD2D47EA82FB8E6B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2E1861DB20D96EA0C7F2410ADD872980">
<td id="79C1C293E1E1500D2FD6EC2A1B488227" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dist. bet. sper. pores</td>
<td id="003D2F3575ADC694FDC4376DC32C2CAC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="7D3214D916935AE2377F8FBBA08E1E41" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.4</td>
<td id="E663FB8F3BC941082C6740D7F6B9DFD9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
5
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6
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setal lines
</td>
<td id="97EC8200D3C62232E01A6CD247AE8067" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.18</td>
<td id="7FC17594834731B5FBC6A69FB7142AEC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.190.22</td>
<td id="B70859C0CE8692E1FDF4C01D6E70BE78" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.4</td>
<td id="2FC5D0267F2C3F71E51DF648BAD44F3E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
<td id="51984F12BAFCB21CD6AB92F34F5C567D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.18</td>
<td id="E579F375C34EB8E2A9219A9ECD36EA90" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.20.23</td>
<td id="C3B1065EDA704563CE2C196C6C35A12B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.19</td>
<td id="B9BE3247FFD28B5F49E4285F44492BDA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.270.28</td>
<td id="869BBD11F7E94F844EDE8AA28CE2A557" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.280.32</td>
<td id="88D05BAB06879558601DDC1F9B9FA786" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
</tr>
<tr id="586EA8A241E593727B7722FF34196EA8">
<td id="C5F7951C41EC08C5029A3B1B6E744EF8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dist. bet. male pores</td>
<td id="B896F8AF8E7C4D8E4B2B2EF34F392935" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="7EA12CC6A2BBBC49847176645FFB88C4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.29</td>
<td id="6DE7F8126F791D2B9AA6B48D878298AC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
7
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8
<superScript id="530398B72DFB2E66F6DA14286A2C6431">th</superScript>
setal lines
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<td id="1B9CFCF717CE043CA085E367998BC27E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.15</td>
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<td id="D34D0A816044A9865267D91109F7DDC8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Caeca</td>
<td id="728B522E338F5040FB57D7B2F1B8DBE3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="918A2D5234F98C3F3304D73B1A94BCB5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="223204184833D68E028AD6BCF8BF644D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvi xxiii</td>
<td id="139CFEBFEFF48E3D573FB53929377084" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xxiii</td>
<td id="9036C3FE8F334810A20D35467853BD0F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="153451A2A093FDC7F1A1C02B01D4602B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xxiv or xxiii</td>
<td id="4EE4B1638504231367933141D6A2C3B6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
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<td id="D7C6E49A5F7FCB03DDCD2E73041FD4D8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xxiv</td>
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<td id="7080D75BCED9BD691B2E550341A09ACD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xxvi</td>
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<td id="5F654FE07DAB027117CB653EA37411A2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="9169FDCE936C103421DC1248F55F063A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="19B4A3525365F69AA1D256519DA11789" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xviii</td>
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<td id="DE2523B619C7DF3095B1EE1892F7A49F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvi xviii</td>
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<td id="74019915F28F25C17819ABE9BD65EC90" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xix</td>
<td id="36E3CCC43449860A6124DF37625E702E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xxviii</td>
<td id="795CF021BA4E4E7BA8D7B31723720751" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvi xviii</td>
<td id="3D2ED16F64A7680DD62CB4C215811B79" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xviii</td>
<td id="24918CA46CD2FA5369258D6BFE5D74C8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xviii</td>
<td id="FCE0ACCEE34B931E840CF1F4A94C7ADA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xviii</td>
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Similar to
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<emphasis id="5513E737E90F9796F799EBC245F0FF77" italics="true">Po. andresi</emphasis>
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,
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has shown to have potential for vermiculture and has been explored in the College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Environmental Science of the Mindanao State University at Naawan for various applications such as in agriculture and aquaculture.
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<collectorName id="125A546CD6923AF44AC573E646C339EF">G. Marapao</collectorName>
,
<date id="7A0498CE90CEEE02FB43C94893580E50" value="2020-01-28">
<collectingDate id="F35E7613751DFEBADF3A2FF12E5DDEE6" value="2020-01-28">28 January 2020</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
.
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<typeStatus id="1B5E548114C3344E6CE95BE5904851A1" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
<specimenCount id="7A3A57400951F9D21809127790BFD2C9" count="1" type="adult">adults</specimenCount>
(
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- 0002), same collection data as for holotype
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<caption id="E54D23C6116CC0AC42341F1F389A42BF" ID-DOI="10.3897/zse.101.135702.figure2" ID-arpha="B5ADB5C3-26AB-5CD1-9F92-4EEEE5549606" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1258054" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="FA1AA5E0D61BB10A4BDCE393F4736BDB">
<label id="E3EB1F1BA727B5CB920FA4369FE2E4A5">Figure 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="078FB394915A7DB43DA3D96B7A2D6810">
<taxonomicName id="90D0B4B941E01293BDD010D57F3520DB" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="elnorroae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="F0F70768997399CFF03D93150F088A58" italics="true">Pheretima elnorroae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="08472311103022ADD10516E506241FC2" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<emphasis id="642324DF0B4CCB716AE880DAF2740BDE" bold="true">A.</emphasis>
Male pores (mp);
<emphasis id="42692E0838DBDB362BE40D98AD067088" bold="true">B.</emphasis>
Spermatheca (s);
<emphasis id="E2FC75E377E68A014D49C246AD006BF8" bold="true">C.</emphasis>
Prostate gland (p) and copulatory bursa (c). Scale bar: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="SECID0EMUAG" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="5FEFFF501C7EE6E525D0A0B0017348C3">
<heading id="3E777FA824E3DA2B9B61FE6C9FD12936" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="81136F9B859CF5E425C18CD1E0B4E997">The species is named in honor of Dr. Elnor C. Roa, the incumbent Chancellor of the Mindanao State University at Naawan, who inspires the primary author of her visionary leadership.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ERUAG" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="7B4389DA92E0595AFF4677712E30E81A">
<heading id="6EFC0A6F00230AE5232D9623CB7AFDE1" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C9F33E1A9E47CF7130BE0DAAFA4981AC">
Brown worm with adult length
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, diameter
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; equators pigmented; 117128 segments; 79 setae between male pores; spermathecal pores 0.18 circumference apart ventrally; male openings 0.130.18 circumference apart ventrally. Spermathecae paired in viii, large with ovate ampulla, stalked diverticulum terminating in sausage-shaped receptacles; paired small copulatory bursae in xvii xxi; genital markings lacking; caeca simple and long, originating in xxvii, extending forward to xviii; prostates large in xvi to xxii, penis present.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EWUAG" type="description">
<paragraph id="DA31C967D7591FC2F95FAED57AEC99E4">
<heading id="01D7308F6634F27B74378447ECF7C8FE" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="11C7A01374301409118FB99E0C3612EF">
In live animals, dorsal brown, ventral pale, equators pigmented; Length
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(n =
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); diameter
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at x,
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at xx; body cylindrical in cross-section, tail blunt; 117128 segments. First dorsal pore at 11 / 12; spermathecal pore one pair at 7 / 8, inconspicuous, distance between spermathecal pores
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(0.18 circumference apart ventrally). Female pore single in xiv, openings of copulatory bursae paired in xviii, extending to xxi, distance between openings
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(0.130.18 circumference apart ventrally), 79 setae between openings. Clitellum annular, from xiv to xvi. Setae evenly distributed around segmental equators; 4371 setae on vii, 4579 setae on xx, dorsal setal gaps absent, ventral setal gaps present. Genital marking lacking.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2A8ECB45B5BD76C0E9072E7B3CF7AE5B">Septa 4 / 58 / 9 muscular, and 9 / 1010 / 11 thin, 11 / 1213 / 14 muscular. Dense tufts of nephridia on anterior faces of 5 / 6 and 6 / 7; nephridia of intestinal segments located mainly on body near septum / body wall junction. Large gizzard extending from ix to x, esophagus with low vertical lamellae x xiii, intestinal origin xv, caeca simple and long, originating in xxvii, extending forward to xviii; Hearts in x to xiii, esophageal; commissural vessels in vi, vii, and ix, lateral.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B40306BA366CB94FBD597DF254B0F57C">Ovaries and funnels free in xiii. One pair of spermathecae in viii, with nephridia on ducts; each spermatheca large with ovate ampulla, short muscular duct, stalked diverticulum attached to duct near ampulla, terminating in irregular sausage-shaped receptacle, stalk thin. Male sexual system holandric, testes and funnels enclosed in paired sacs in x, xi; seminal vesicles xi, xii, each with digitate dorsal lobe; vesicles of xi enclosed in testes sac; vasa deferentia slender, free from body wall to ental end of prostatic ducts; prostates large in xvi to xxii, each a single, dense, racemose mass; short muscular duct entering on posterior margin of copulatory bursa; paired small copulatory bursae xvii xxi; tapering penis present.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E4UAG" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="714A1EB7643202930DB6951C863BEADC">
<heading id="44534B527446F7648D12C6121FFD19CF" reason="title">Remarks.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="41C3707E328CE62190C8CBB87FEC8B52">
<taxonomicName id="56D4A90B85261889C4EEC4D88F952A6F" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="elnorroae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="A6CC4F7A61EEC714B6CCA7E750D7D219" italics="true">Pheretima elnorroae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="54920B2E015EDF42906B53F0A98F62BE" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, belongs to the
<taxonomicName id="B4C106ECAC3385F9205608C193CAA5DA" authorityName="Michaelsen" authorityYear="1891" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="sangirensis">
<emphasis id="56365D10D82CBE53F1DDDB2648D6F2FE" italics="true">Pheretima sangirensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group of
<bibRefCitation id="6F6E8A3CF8A8717DA4A90CA89F81DB4A" DOI="10.1111/j.1095-8312.1972.tb00694.x" author="Sims R &amp; Easton E" firstAuthor="Sims" journalOrPublisher="Biological Journal of the Linnean Society" pagination="169-268" refId="B70" refString="Sims R, Easton E (1972) A numerical revision of the earthworm genus Pheretima with the recognition of new genera and an appendix on the earthworms collected by the Royal Society North Borneo Expedition. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 4: 169268. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1972.tb00694.x" title="A numerical revision of the earthworm genus Pheretima with the recognition of new genera and an appendix on the earthworms collected by the Royal Society North Borneo Expedition." volume="4" year="1972">Sims and Easton (1972)</bibRefCitation>
, characterized by having a pair of spermathecal pores in the intersegmental furrow of 7 / 8. Members of the group include
<taxonomicName id="096604E14DEA3FEBEA495724885F2168" authority="Michaelsen, 1891" authorityName="Michaelsen" authorityYear="1891" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="sangirensis">
<emphasis id="5CED5D8DA3FE1E9FB03FA883AA9E7BE8" italics="true">Ph. sangirensis</emphasis>
Michaelsen, 1891
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="35680ACE23EDF49A858835D527D9ADAD" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2016" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="apoensis">
<emphasis id="6983228B8C5E4821E86FC6C807506EAF" italics="true">Ph. apoensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="BD978915D9476B1B31BBFDFBAAD2A44B" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" issue="8" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Studies" pagination="1-33" refId="B4" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2016) New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines. Zoological Studies 55 (8): 1-33." title="New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines." volume="55" year="2016">Aspe &amp; James, 2016</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E5AC68DECDA6F5EFF8A664CDE79A3378" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2016" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="camiguinensis">
<emphasis id="8B8290B1CD3289500B0E1AD5C9D2BE78" italics="true">Ph. camiguinensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="442374D572991E7F111E353F2C64CAC1" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" issue="8" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Studies" pagination="1-33" refId="B4" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2016) New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines. Zoological Studies 55 (8): 1-33." title="New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines." volume="55" year="2016">Aspe &amp; James, 2016</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="7DBDF34D0B0DF64533812A050EE462A8" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2016" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="sibucalensis">
<emphasis id="B66355044802E075BEE4DCC163E60DF5" italics="true">Ph. sibucalensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="775843F51766FF300642ECA172941DB9" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" issue="8" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Studies" pagination="1-33" refId="B4" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2016) New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines. Zoological Studies 55 (8): 1-33." title="New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines." volume="55" year="2016">Aspe &amp; James, 2016</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="349BF2242EF48EFE328CCDBC5E8E6845" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2016" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="timpoongensis">
<emphasis id="464AF485934F86649CA2BD75A425FF47" italics="true">Ph. timpoongensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="B2F68B6F1152B221CBDEC1AAAE6D6DA8" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" issue="8" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Studies" pagination="1-33" refId="B4" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2016) New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines. Zoological Studies 55 (8): 1-33." title="New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines." volume="55" year="2016">Aspe &amp; James, 2016</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="338A2FBD439AD7ADDFB89B6889771A62" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="alba">
<emphasis id="9DC9D16C20AEAA262A3DF6E14BE05BBC" italics="true">Ph. alba</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="666E0E79950A0CAC5DB2A0FAC21CE1D4" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="asurgo">
<emphasis id="79876FEC201D3CDE7C9F795B5804C349" italics="true">Ph. asurgo</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BA6D045979D514A8729ACCF8AE96BA9B" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="baungonensis">
<emphasis id="A939809F685EFA8476487549ECB889AF" italics="true">Ph. baungonensis</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="CC9A18381DD24554C2A9C522726773F3" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="ceramensis">
<emphasis id="55B373ABF4AAC3932BBC4C0A60B26976" italics="true">Ph. ceramensis</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="576A815C6882DA259D4C41BC576DC5F9" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="diesmosi">
<emphasis id="497A51E655F1C37F0509B8063D1465A3" italics="true">Ph. diesmosi</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="CE081052823992BD352AF7319D827285" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="lagunasensis">
<emphasis id="DBE7AECEC27429BDDE29CAFA1EB3D117" italics="true">Ph. lagunasensis</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="8B4A8F53879A34C00CDC6EF32F39B920" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="mariae">
<emphasis id="EF3CB276D30CA21AB458C201ADA60218" italics="true">Ph. mariae</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F060E06A83CF8BB47140D0AA4F3A18BB" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="monoporata">
<emphasis id="D3347B8FDEA3434B44B5995A8E21D055" italics="true">Ph. monoporata</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="DFE9EAC5FD6D5C792AAF8CD3CD6E8624" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="paucisetosa">
<emphasis id="2FCA58475041AC6952F97A989F11D2E3" italics="true">Ph. paucisetosa</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="2A7F8ABD0CF32EAB94CFBC7E338BA58C" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="quincunxia">
<emphasis id="6F7ED94B8C4D807A9D3D8DEB194FE016" italics="true">Ph. quincunxia</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="3DC94E4962FA49D992F01B9DCF87B36A" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="rubida">
<emphasis id="104CAF323915BF927EFD29F6F3674988" italics="true">Ph. rubida</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="C3B4B479EDBF576ED0FE23258DA86DFA" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="rugosa">
<emphasis id="B9385426860E2A29CE8542D8D1754222" italics="true">Ph. rugosa</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="49F63ADFEBAD53706B82A384DCCDADD4" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="vicinipora">
<emphasis id="3E839302EEF0811E10AB7C589A14A665" italics="true">Ph. vicinipora</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="AB05518DB883D642FD271DA6B94E36E7" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="virgata">
<emphasis id="0B87EA6EAF35A59C8B13896BC85D3E5D" italics="true">Ph. virgata</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="9BBA70A9C5AC721A16A720DFDECCCC4A" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2014" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="immanis">
<emphasis id="1F2C31166618173723F66C3B124F753E" italics="true">Ph. immanis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E18844761285FED55941CE80E8396BE1" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.3881.5.1" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" issue="5" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="401-439" refId="B2" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2014) New species of Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from the Mt. Malindang range, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Zootaxa 3881 (5): 401-439. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3881.5.1" title="New species of Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from the Mt. Malindang range, Mindanao Island, Philippines." volume="3881" year="2014">Aspe &amp; James, 2014</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="63EC117663C630D19E2F6B84C7392182" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2014" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="boniaoi">
<emphasis id="383DE30AC316550CC80AA18E8198AA6E" italics="true">Ph. boniaoi</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="FC4C7BAA78AC1273D79209B2D5FAE8E9" italics="true">Ph. lago</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8BD9ECD3E47BB67A2FCCA5B9476AE8CB" italics="true">Ph. longigula</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="ADB0B3D5AE8BEF3344D63C4E90734FCB" italics="true">Ph. longiprosta</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C5282BB22DF474EAF1C4F08011C334E6" italics="true">Ph. maculodorsalis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B4A7730CEEBCBD407CA3698895BCE4FF" italics="true">Ph. malidangensis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="09ACF1269B1AD63E47BB8FA1CE8FE5DC" italics="true">Ph. misamisensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6437CA1872F29E30D99667D8EDE09452" italics="true">Ph. nolani</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="CEFFC5B3683ABDEF262383EC8030EDDB" italics="true">Ph. nunezae</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="ED73C64261F3951B7BC03C7DB3A97489" italics="true">Ph. tigris</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B7B89309FECDE6E8866C0D8D44EF871B" italics="true">Ph. wati</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="083F4E8BFE6F99BC7C67E450CC6D6B40" italics="true">Ph. baracatanensis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B9F2D72BBB3E19722324DD4D1A794560" italics="true">Ph. floresi</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="D529F1FD5F7B2C81ADF0F55EBC587AA0" italics="true">Ph. solisi</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="46412ECEB0A6E99E3F7A3D5FCB9C6ECF" italics="true">Ph. bontocensis</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="D693914399A18789CF3CF68A42C2E309" italics="true">Ph. riparianensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B8AA6E966501A6DD3C3002A18A52DFAE" italics="true">Pheretima elnorroae</emphasis>
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Among these, the new species is relatively similar to
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<emphasis id="C22116A539FD8653868E546DC889B027" italics="true">Ph. boniaoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="1B3A6CFE3459D6E002AD7F35A1F951A3" italics="true">Ph. diesmosi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="1AB1CAB020AAA52F2ABB1C223276FADA" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="camiguinensis">
<emphasis id="50A7F1B6AC7B307A0C388F361D6AE700" italics="true">Ph. camiguinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F410885924DBE2AD0181D05ABEE0A0BF" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nunezae">
<emphasis id="B8390590CAC0C800BF0656FDC26CE6EB" italics="true">Ph. nunezae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="D5B73D5420DF16A9D67F3F727676A3FE" italics="true">Ph. paucisetosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="924E2C127A656E27390CBE44455D0B94" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="baungonensis">
<emphasis id="8BADBF899597B4C7EF194FF6ADF5B71F" italics="true">Ph. baungonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A53F2F8FB2EEC5B67705EF7591493042" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="riparianensis">
<emphasis id="9C911DC8E5A17AB6BFCCF2185496C0A2" italics="true">Ph. riparianensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="819091B1181A2B07503B23736FF93597" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2017" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="baracatanensis">
<emphasis id="F8052F765B9ABC0EE0601E8185B8EE9A" italics="true">Ph. baracatanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="BD12EB824587A55ED6A1C70D3263A6DE" italics="true">Ph. nolani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in size (Table
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). But
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<emphasis id="F8A443B9E2122563F69894B1A9556791" italics="true">Ph. elnorroae</emphasis>
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, has the greatest number of body segments among the closely related species (117128 vs. 87111). The new species has a thicker body (
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) than that of
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<emphasis id="4D17C240F8F2A42932ED761AF0247BD8" italics="true">Ph. diesmosi</emphasis>
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(
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),
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<emphasis id="23D42D944BBF934B2B51C0AAEB633354" italics="true">Ph. camiguinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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),
<taxonomicName id="54E92FA402633A56CB754C394F8BB31A" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="baungonensis">
<emphasis id="18E50002F9161D4F44657B7D76163A1B" italics="true">Ph. baungonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<quantity id="562C869CB5F416B5A4CA347B1868C26A" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.35" metricValueMax="4.5" metricValueMin="4.2" unit="mm" value="4.35" valueMax="4.5" valueMin="4.2">4.24.5 mm</quantity>
), and
<taxonomicName id="F95B59ABCB80292015103BF3FDFC9FC3" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nolani">
<emphasis id="07BE37F5873E77AE5CF86E3D3A80B96E" italics="true">Ph. nolani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<quantity id="F9534241B87B22F4E82C1ACD545BE0F6" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.75" metricValueMax="5.0" metricValueMin="4.5" unit="mm" value="4.75" valueMax="5.0" valueMin="4.5">4.55 mm</quantity>
). It has a wider distance between spermathecal pores (0.18) than that of
<taxonomicName id="93EA2847E887C851364FDE4F5F44042A" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="boniaoi">
<emphasis id="47BCEA5698A9BE6ED1183727810760A6" italics="true">Ph. boniaoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.14),
<taxonomicName id="F7A90FCD7CBEA1B48A00F64B7F9B5E15" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="riparianensis">
<emphasis id="31EB8D5F4C67DE1858648403445D4D0A" italics="true">Ph. riparianensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.07), and
<taxonomicName id="7E0A799E8D82C0787E750F91E8A3F87F" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nolani">
<emphasis id="EA040A9DAC9A5D3417FDD518C012AD83" italics="true">Ph. nolani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.14) but has a narrower distance between spermathecal pores than that of
<taxonomicName id="C63B93EC405C8A2EFAD0793F1E660CAD" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="diesmosi">
<emphasis id="55876B26830ACE90F5B097C6B121F264" italics="true">Ph. diesmosi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.23),
<taxonomicName id="36B7283655F66399FAF10BE05DA3752B" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nunezae">
<emphasis id="92CADBA4344C4BD7D87395A84EE4A0D8" italics="true">Ph. nunezae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.28),
<taxonomicName id="E371D63AD3BB3DFA0B87607D2DBDFE6A" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="baungonensis">
<emphasis id="92265C6117E2F929CD3FA9600B4EECA7" italics="true">Ph. baungonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.38), and
<taxonomicName id="F815106A5A23A72967E72BF9F92C3C50" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2017" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="baracatanensis">
<emphasis id="D58BFFA3D21E7247CF2CA57BF064E318" italics="true">Ph. baracatanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.32). It also has a wider distance between male pores than that of
<taxonomicName id="424F59551D2A21346278D0E202CD8D51" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="boniao">
<emphasis id="D82528E1CCAE94918158875C6E28D763" italics="true">Ph. boniao</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.03) and
<taxonomicName id="79DFDFE8A41A3A7F7C09851A8E7D76EF" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="riparianensis">
<emphasis id="8537B0F1EB61551D1E7D750794424D4F" italics="true">Ph. riparianensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.11) but has a narrower distance than that of
<taxonomicName id="D468435904BCAC474049DC7338134758" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nunezae">
<emphasis id="930B28C460488B7E8DFA5444F95335B5" italics="true">Ph. nunezae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.22) and
<taxonomicName id="47CED4A3D993A9427940C3F2C3BBC3A1" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2017" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="baracatanensis">
<emphasis id="7894D534EF94CADADBF773D780A9620B" italics="true">Ph. baracatanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.200.22). The new species also has more pre- and postclitellar setae (4371, 4579) than that of
<taxonomicName id="9EFA8E95EA2AF943B5EC1E4A4A8DCD45" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="diesmosi">
<emphasis id="D519DCAB90735605F6E2EEEC31959C21" italics="true">Ph. diesmosi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(28, 38),
<taxonomicName id="C593A68E9E4CEE57D23BBFAC5A887AE3" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="camiguinensis">
<emphasis id="A4FC127C243BD8E40C955A475AB85C50" italics="true">Ph. camiguinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3234, 3944), and
<taxonomicName id="28FEC5FD462C04E4711485CC6385DB9D" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="paucisetosa">
<emphasis id="B843892AC15C608F4D598F010A911A59" italics="true">Ph. paucisetosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(22, 28); it has more preclitellar setae than that of
<taxonomicName id="A9550383E386F655AED61D39B3F8C75D" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="baungonensis">
<emphasis id="BC7E8405A07C33A6ECAFC5B0D4E74BF0" italics="true">Ph. baungonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(38) and
<taxonomicName id="443DF423292536D77B42E164AC84C933" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="riparianensis">
<emphasis id="D00A67AC2C160F995F27D5F02EE21288" italics="true">Ph. riparianensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3743) and has more postclitellar setae than that of
<taxonomicName id="1D4793AF83E514C10E1F6B26E1E2F92A" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nolani">
<emphasis id="E2093CF58BFCAD2D75FBB29FDFAFCED7" italics="true">Ph. nolani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(42). Notably, the new species has the longest caeca (xxvii xviii) among its closely related species. The new species also has penes, while
<taxonomicName id="0D3830CF2E0D684B7D3E6313EE603191" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="boniao">
<emphasis id="F380488DB756E0DACADA4B4C4CEE00A0" italics="true">Ph. boniao</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="317224A2A1FC6C98FE7C0A7691A7061A" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="diesmosi">
<emphasis id="0D8351695C546B310B600035D64AE86F" italics="true">Ph. diesmosi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="6BF9B54BD5CA1B54AD6D924120A2BB48" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="baungonensis">
<emphasis id="635A105BF942B79B2E5945606C5804D3" italics="true">Ph. baungonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="345AD2F33ECD2BB83ED66C2229302F1C" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2017" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="baracatanensis">
<emphasis id="C21F645AF8D340D4F475F19F7F46E356" italics="true">Ph. baracatanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have none. In addition, the new species differs in the position of the prostate gland (xvi xxii) from that of
<taxonomicName id="5432429ED6C5134600492717BB70979F" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="boniaoi">
<emphasis id="4D0958846A9B7DB53936C7ED41B3A4BB" italics="true">Ph. boniaoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(xvi xxi),
<taxonomicName id="9B2D71431186007867E69A7ECE6E0BA9" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="camiguinensis">
<emphasis id="2419FC751BB4ECEC8C6D28A56C13097D" italics="true">Ph. camiguinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(xvii xx / xxi),
<taxonomicName id="D524F6558C81CAE90F984EF20039C2FE" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nunezae">
<emphasis id="E23D5748AC4680166DA4B42871CEFE81" italics="true">Ph. nunezae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(xvii xix),
<taxonomicName id="76AE9DD0054DEC7B97EA40A7E28AD2D0" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2017" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="baracatanensis">
<emphasis id="84E79D204F47A1DE63470B488394AAD5" italics="true">Ph. baracatanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(xvi xix), and
<taxonomicName id="F9C6A967E81522E560E06941B37E02D7" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nolani">
<emphasis id="B86AFD405402FC01B64C3F04F506EEAA" italics="true">Ph. nolani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(xv xx).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4F77C8EEFC6712ABA345632520C60B7F">
<label id="2DB6CF9C727A2E6AF66C236967BF4196">Table 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0115340E433EB1C4AFBC157213F6DCF2">
Comparison of
<taxonomicName id="CF2FF8ADDC1158E3BBE03CE14593AE24" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="elnorroae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B51C4114648886EECC05046F246876B5" italics="true">Pheretima elnorroae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3E98FFA1FF638B7734BD19DAA800AF73" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
with the closely related members of the
<taxonomicName id="D335C5161E1BF76A72073CF87252C660" authorityName="Michaelsen" authorityYear="1891" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="sangirensis">
<emphasis id="2594449BE29E7E2F4D797B53E34A8D27" italics="true">Ph. sangirensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="577D0979063BC1C2DBAE3C5BC4132BAA">
<table id="TID0E4GBI" rules="all">
<tbody id="DC1147C234E8585C1B6216CB825A76E2">
<tr id="7E65D80DCF3D7A1BB18627EFD1B6800F">
<th id="550713FAC0700E5F5A3CC253EF710DDB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Characters</th>
<th id="62B1A015D5DAB651DD16E92D6E6903A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="5214A3FA19ED57B4A295AC048A4F49E1" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2014" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="boniaoi">
<emphasis id="37E1504D01D39C75E59FFE96262B9AC5" italics="true">Ph. boniaoi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="967AABCA7309FDFF1E65D2A05863EA20" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.3881.5.1" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" issue="5" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="401-439" refId="B2" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2014) New species of Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from the Mt. Malindang range, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Zootaxa 3881 (5): 401-439. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3881.5.1" title="New species of Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from the Mt. Malindang range, Mindanao Island, Philippines." volume="3881" year="2014">Aspe &amp; James, 2014</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="256977335E5916E2DE38B154203F7B52" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="ABD8E05223F6B2288B939E1C4DF0E6F6" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="diesmosi">
<emphasis id="92094A0E6C4A788058526EE65A21EF3B" italics="true">Ph. diesmosi</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="DDCA9D4579406579C0F78A25E2FC1159" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="4DC2EF44BCF5431DFAB4497EC8C884A7" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="elnorroae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="32369F32F848039D1A39DD8A215C60E5" italics="true">Ph. elnorroae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BCE7983DD16E4E6066C55D6B6BFBBD35" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<th id="861DE4DE024B33405DEED88474A4538B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="CC1DEC2BB2932F0CA032EA01C3E6EB32" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2016" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="camiguinensis">
<emphasis id="A100C1049AAFC289C26D2ED29E204C96" italics="true">Ph. camiguinensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FD05292836685716B7D13E02CE482B7B" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" issue="8" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Studies" pagination="1-33" refId="B4" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2016) New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines. Zoological Studies 55 (8): 1-33." title="New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines." volume="55" year="2016">Aspe &amp; James, 2016</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="172997702EA0EAC9D7183D1CD49AC0E6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="F6A005A42FB8718B86019D043D023F84" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2014" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nunezae">
<emphasis id="09DEA58FB54630C1C3D55C4784A1084A" italics="true">Ph. nunezae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3BE573D923E233EA787CEE8E39F0BA3D" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.3881.5.1" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" issue="5" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="401-439" refId="B2" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2014) New species of Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from the Mt. Malindang range, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Zootaxa 3881 (5): 401-439. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3881.5.1" title="New species of Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from the Mt. Malindang range, Mindanao Island, Philippines." volume="3881" year="2014">Aspe &amp; James, 2014</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="2322A37E6780DC90AADC8F88457B3447" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="2F92378D1B761B45D41B960612043FA6" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="paucisetosa">
<emphasis id="8B86DC23E48F4EC8AD2B9F224631B422" italics="true">Ph. paucisetosa</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="CEA37465B6468F8458AAFF7357C25526" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="E0B775CF27552CA454FFE9545703CA7F" authority="James, 2004" authorityName="James" authorityYear="2004" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="baungonensis">
<emphasis id="1A1BA464BA0BEDE8261100CCB216F421" italics="true">Ph. baungonensis</emphasis>
James, 2004
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="B544C1A9E4E59C5A5A0F9ED295917860" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="34F1CEBF248394BD6A294D279FC1343B" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2008" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2008" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="riparianensis">
<emphasis id="AF99B99F7A575F75DEB822E0AA578F09" italics="true">Ph. riparianensis</emphasis>
Hong &amp; James, 2008
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="AE3BB3B3EC67CD6262C1A01FC5C54632" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="A527E08FA1D96EE21FEE4FED919FC2DD" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2017" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2017" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="baracatanensis">
<emphasis id="F90FA193AACE942517E9E437D1FD6E8A" italics="true">Ph. baracatanensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="1791534E21056E2F40BC70E0DC8454B0" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" pagination="357-372" refId="B5" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2017) Pheretimoid earthworms (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mt. Apo, Mindanao Island, Philippines with description of eight new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65: 357-372." title="Pheretimoid earthworms (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mt. Apo, Mindanao Island, Philippines with description of eight new species." volume="65" year="2017">Aspe &amp; James, 2017</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<taxonomicName id="83B9C40772ADE66DA4596F36A4A13C36" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2014 Length" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2014" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="nolani">
<th id="5617F0087D2F484C17E47DA1DA5472A4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="768E258A57244978FF66F16944DFA8F3" italics="true">Ph. nolani</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="7F866543E99B79441FD12A391ACC81B1" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.3881.5.1" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" issue="5" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="401-439" refId="B2" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2014) New species of Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from the Mt. Malindang range, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Zootaxa 3881 (5): 401-439. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3881.5.1" title="New species of Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from the Mt. Malindang range, Mindanao Island, Philippines." volume="3881" year="2014">Aspe &amp; James, 2014</bibRefCitation>
</th>
<tr id="F97086A19685B55D9FA884947910CF95">
<td id="373E584FCC840941E8F1B8499CECF0C8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Length</td>
<td id="84BA5851A34447247348EE071B86B204" colspan="1" rowspan="1">101133</td>
<td id="EBAA1F80373D50FA2E2BFFF4C6854580" colspan="1" rowspan="1">128</td>
<td id="5399A06A81B2432667424FF587AC1A68" colspan="1" rowspan="1">95122</td>
<td id="541BB51D9EF6298F608B1029975DE3AE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">63122</td>
<td id="3C07564184E7F1987443D65111B60309" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&gt; 116</td>
<td id="58163AAE000E75E3D2B366B8E04C50C2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">115</td>
<td id="BD31442B380BD52B5F28953E624F0FDF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">107</td>
<td id="A7D15CD48AC93F054F053C52FC0C4DD1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">75105</td>
<td id="1AC164FB73ECB125589375E36A8B8D0B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">100</td>
<td id="B78C900A2CFF7037D2427D2145A3BEDD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8997</td>
</tr>
</taxonomicName>
</tr>
<tr id="D60DEE15091A973A8C9D547EADBF1810">
<td id="CA3B89DD52976C5262D8139E89C164DF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Width x, xx</td>
<td id="9958CCBFA36156D09E5DBFE68E44C1B7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">55.5, 5.56</td>
<td id="17453CE8AA2BC32B09C580A4B18DCF21" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.4, 3.4</td>
<td id="0D82EF086C31EA36B67CDC6D4492CB58" colspan="1" rowspan="1">57, 710</td>
<td id="73182D9844A47267BB2FCA3E63834662" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.54.8, 3.55.2</td>
<td id="4CA17E4873B64551FDD17C4FBC62388A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.5, 9</td>
<td id="A0F75F73F3EAEF8D9BB1729EEF80A8B1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.5, 6.0</td>
<td id="3F42839E32E19E15D9CB295E4A55E035" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.5, 4.2</td>
<td id="28EFEA538D2BA3532CD4C7A542A843DB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="073E1C2377313525B482A6610F8BA6B1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">45, 4.86.5</td>
<td id="2ADAD2E7A219F0F5DF23F2CAB2E47C96" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.55</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3EA0FDB452870E202FB1764B690C4BE9">
<td id="432BA8B3A11A81A813EAB6358A14C7A4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Dorsal pigmentation</td>
<td id="D6DC15A1CCD7AE0DF01CD68573881745" colspan="1" rowspan="1">purplish brown dorsal stripes</td>
<td id="9877DAF1F5043CD034082392E1603812" colspan="1" rowspan="1">brown</td>
<td id="AF3499FE8399480E2BAC7F429BCDA957" colspan="1" rowspan="1">brown</td>
<td id="8ACE06106883D2CC41D6CD24AA20A3D0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">reddish brown</td>
<td id="89CA021F36047463136A49E64FBD29AC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">dark gray-brown</td>
<td id="3260266758BF4AC48B164EFF70656EC6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="EF057BF1FF5E5F8DE673EE5B7A916508" colspan="1" rowspan="1">brown</td>
<td id="5EA96EB64D9B5080843CA19C9C793F4E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">violet brown</td>
<td id="6553F265A56B547BD7C17F7ECCB8FB24" colspan="1" rowspan="1">brown</td>
<td id="77E4CC4783B799B56B8D2D87AB40F9F1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">purplish brown</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B38C0DC513F8F676A3E938F3B973CE2E">
<td id="B20165A83A560F92B88850C469E4843C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Segments</td>
<td id="DCF8F1D6C409258DAB69702FA14B556F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">98108</td>
<td id="0B1BC23A7636F3D38797233B5C7326B6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">102</td>
<td id="328C586D507AC8A6B7E0B2A801A786CB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">117128</td>
<td id="76D287B188CCAF42AEA339F7D3D6D9C8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">87103</td>
<td id="773CFE41416CC715CA05181864FE49DD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="825EAE083775CC7E4ADDD2CC046EC305" colspan="1" rowspan="1">89</td>
<td id="2A5B4F082586C27EBC2343EB50B0FCAF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="26C46BF30613D58B5228F83A897805A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">100 102</td>
<td id="982DE455321DDC136CF41F74D2616AF0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">94</td>
<td id="C10A5A7EC79A4B4CCA57CCAAC807CB12" colspan="1" rowspan="1">111</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6EA6F0A778458926691797367661114E">
<td id="2CD87DE1529B6A1B25E9FBE4BC420437" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
1
<superScript id="CD947A3EEFAE850516EBF3CA8F6DD0FB">st</superScript>
dorsal pore
</td>
<td id="5C7AE9F56C8E448D315309396EDC5971" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="43956944FED625C45515A1253E40FABC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="CDAB86E419DC069D0CED2F5B934AB9A1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 12</td>
<td id="72A14A46EB93E86E19D387BC245A3EB9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="7555F5F3B4120C0EBE9F7A5302CAC06F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="777F68EC068AE23C62B9E1FF95714F5B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 12</td>
<td id="CDD1FF52C9EC9AF339253CEDDCC92AE6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">13 / 14</td>
<td id="1253229B789EE5F70D31B21EE5C8229B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="64AD63E86139568D8A8CCFA162906EE9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="A3D93CEFBF706DC04CCB5F5FDA7468E5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3E3AEDC417AA66D57AB297FEE3DECA68">
<td id="5D5A1BB81C54A27A165C2EC39245350A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Setal gaps D, V</td>
<td id="43E34225FB64FE1026C0F19DF43B0EAC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">+, -</td>
<td id="E51E934C45B9160DEE61CB30C6B841CD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">+, -</td>
<td id="BEDB1C6EE88C697E3A5F959210E9FA34" colspan="1" rowspan="1">-, +</td>
<td id="A9A7BF325651D2ADB5C23354F8C9A4C6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="504CF944CAF222F033F61774E314FA5D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">+, -</td>
<td id="DA9AA8AD5EF91DD2C3349F79085DFDC6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">+, -</td>
<td id="3232F171B51C54BAF5C05700205A1347" colspan="1" rowspan="1">-, -</td>
<td id="CEF3026684CBF19ACADA46BE7026760E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">+, +</td>
<td id="0BEC1C49927BA0E6397BDA915EB11881" colspan="1" rowspan="1">+, -</td>
<td id="3FFE621C3104A83054F10E0EB5048583" colspan="1" rowspan="1">+, -</td>
</tr>
<tr id="146CBF5C1480953C41FCB20C8BC3C567">
<td id="553945D55DC038C75B1489FE214A149F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Sperm. pore distance</td>
<td id="0D29AF8F8264E5C3AA8C968088C4B47E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.14</td>
<td id="DBEAA0C5F0417EE4B0AAAF996C9FCF72" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.23</td>
<td id="A98ECAB5E07448FE17BC9AEA34432FCC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.18</td>
<td id="D3842A936A7649AD2B90418F523B2A4A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.17</td>
<td id="E824578634AAA7A6DDE041849D312B78" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.28</td>
<td id="3B9F7FDFAFEF9CAB8E9B86ECAB6E5A65" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.16</td>
<td id="1D8A97FD51E2AD575B906415CC34A9F2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.38</td>
<td id="5FB683821F3DC6F09BB5BDC15A14667E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.07</td>
<td id="9424385825439C587ADBC79BB360F8D2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.32</td>
<td id="5278748B6B903EE53E99D3FE07B427B7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.14</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4E17B05153E89D3DF4CC0C886AF44F9A">
<td id="350E1BE49942E45472EF80BD3F9FAFEF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Male pore distance</td>
<td id="D03DDF5ECA672DD4A9B2FA6D07CBBD98" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.03</td>
<td id="E1F1CC638142F4CBB55EDAEE3FD53A69" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.15</td>
<td id="7AD9806098982208FDF9176BF9A61A22" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.130.18</td>
<td id="081210E31C154EBA0167624B4594A365" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.150.18</td>
<td id="ACFAC7C924D201A91A92A00BE1186ED7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.22</td>
<td id="70E736A9B61ADB9102BB26710CDD2E74" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.13</td>
<td id="5C69A03FADE40F8A2E47CDC2983EB848" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.19</td>
<td id="C23E2DC73425C2A500EF40F2B158C8DC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.11</td>
<td id="836CB467BB5695EABE06234BF7807B34" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.200.22</td>
<td id="2DE7E1A6290C9F85C937861D989CBB30" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.12</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5BE1B33FA1DA3E63E9A5749D7EEA5504">
<td id="7393DEA702B26E957CAB4160C521D3BF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Setae between openings</td>
<td id="648F70F8A188043B99299023922AB546" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="2BDE91EE8B1254DE7BC836FB8D6F7489" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="00F4AA77BCF33332FE3B249AFE0C36FF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">79</td>
<td id="2948C70871D74585FD34A5E18D1F1667" colspan="1" rowspan="1">14</td>
<td id="120B5C68754BB575B27228D4B47FC13F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9</td>
<td id="B71FA9F003C9E38813DCDC1CFB5DDEBB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="C58E0EB003C1D0D75FD53B6846BADCAC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8</td>
<td id="8BFAAAC14C45103E2589789B649963A7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">57</td>
<td id="519FE8D39F97F8AB07D6ABEFB20CCD86" colspan="1" rowspan="1">45</td>
<td id="BA2E7BA640B618B0C781621D2E2481DF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9A938EBD005F60AAA72EEEEA432357C6">
<td id="ABB3C7DFE753A9473BD5560D3B948CB4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Setae vii, xx</td>
<td id="8D78D413A19788606355528843550D24" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5978, 6268</td>
<td id="B1BE5A5C9BCCC42386CC63A671D0EDFA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">28, 38</td>
<td id="E8308FC6A0474C8571198F2884C5E5A8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4371, 4579</td>
<td id="5299B2BF347FB7BB65DF78FE4E836491" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3234, 3944</td>
<td id="E66CB4AB64C45733894154C948237B91" colspan="1" rowspan="1">46, 51</td>
<td id="2C2DB91FCB7EF41AFFAAD4D917CA1A72" colspan="1" rowspan="1">22, 28</td>
<td id="44148A9FA20C8B5063810CAC1C17130E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">38, 50</td>
<td id="6ED6448FD8DE29E6BC2D6B3A0AC5D264" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3743, 4658</td>
<td id="B3FF89FA7DCBDBBF3E81DF74AF57B1AC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4346, 4451</td>
<td id="B2322075E6CF6C7C94D8A806A8143555" colspan="1" rowspan="1">33 - 48, 42</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E231B5862D491C7DDD1B46C10AACB7EC">
<td id="F9BA90F242253ADEECCE82378A95A2EC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Gizzard</td>
<td id="86AD5672FCD0F0933DDD79A39C77B5F7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">viii-ix</td>
<td id="399A2BE6C58230CB228698F9C3B9C1BF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">viii</td>
<td id="AD70808A4077122EC01E6DF30D11EB8D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">ix-x</td>
<td id="286A6E0158CA306FD8521D94057CD9D1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="F46FE36FFE17A1F7BB134EA18A32391F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">ix</td>
<td id="EE4DD2681650D0A2222DBA1F957F14F7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="884F827C144F6F58756ADA1129B2FE50" colspan="1" rowspan="1">viii</td>
<td id="7EB9B10B992532F6F54664D27AE86719" colspan="1" rowspan="1">viii-x</td>
<td id="2A83DC9EC4A4F57A54015D79D1791136" colspan="1" rowspan="1">viii-x</td>
<td id="E7A6AD7C6C6950411B6AE655A148A5FF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">viii</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4ACD0561DD0D56EDD57B61AC86704A91">
<td id="58E61A8F783A7AA733EFEDE97E43F20D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Intestinal origin</td>
<td id="E90DC79D82A2F109C824CEE992ECB3D2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii</td>
<td id="146D176706ED59D0E37CD8B2EC705056" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii</td>
<td id="20348BB7207CF229D060A7ABB0C38C05" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xv</td>
<td id="1AAB5FC0C34DCD32321BE3A5176753B2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xv</td>
<td id="F758A095B8DAE3AE4BBFFB853D5EED28" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xv</td>
<td id="9C578E8FC92336A6D799F531DD5EEE49" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvi xxv</td>
<td id="13A7F8D403A7D34773F1BF33111DE8F8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xv</td>
<td id="21591E345FE35DCEA0E7096C4CD7B6EE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvi</td>
<td id="22BEE7FEEB7E3CF31AC28C0DBF552DFE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xv</td>
<td id="CEF7A699EA16E37401236BB2EED2BB9A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xv</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D61AD673110D890EFDFA6883B99FFD2D">
<td id="ECFB73D56D1E1EE53CC46A3C65B8F5EB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Caeca</td>
<td id="2F4B8429B60170FCE7A529EE689319DC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xxiv</td>
<td id="7843603A0FA044FCBCD7605C75CE326A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii to xxv</td>
<td id="4557AABD0D2ED1FEDB54F515DC501CED" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xviii</td>
<td id="0D0B6666DB0609E0A4F6D42DCD91AA22" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xxiv / xxiii / xxii</td>
<td id="C7FA4A6C69850778158945DBEFD8F722" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xxiv</td>
<td id="4893C33332BE1DA18F29708AFF2DEE3E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xxv</td>
<td id="A422A264B44C66FB2A8B3491A21A78D1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xxv</td>
<td id="F178E89F36270E1890702EEFC5CAC4E6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xxiii</td>
<td id="640D592BDC2DFBBCF18AC28D82E6F022" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xxiv</td>
<td id="C4E22D20EB0CDF97076CD7EC1AFC5EAE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xxvii xxii</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A867257959BDA5F4377265CB1B7789B5">
<td id="48B0373D2E17572A6FBEB4215EFB763A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Prostate</td>
<td id="7442A796EC14D8BA4F04850EB3C5B48F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvi xxi</td>
<td id="648BED527335A48E93A81D565C44D374" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="5E0CDAFE349B2AE12C3302432DB7AA9C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvi xxii</td>
<td id="A0292114AB520D29372535789CA45787" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xx / xxi</td>
<td id="94D41C8AF050D677DF0A40D23133E3AF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xix</td>
<td id="AC749AB560F0CB1B0D88426E3AEC16B2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="194E1333C363F09948E6FE381434F784" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="8DA397707A391E0A09DFC23C2E63E349" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="D1D48F2CA59038A83660DA6BB4AAC104" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvi xix</td>
<td id="06128C6BF56E2A03D402C9790116594F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xv xx</td>
</tr>
<tr id="FEE248C59BCBBDB2DA66F778856A424F">
<td id="F2AB710C2FB8BA97F2E58D119C2B9D98" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Copulatory bursae</td>
<td id="9C498F150CE5F44026177F77C7B6AD0A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xx</td>
<td id="6469EF9BD85025B008ABFFE73C8CCAA9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xviii</td>
<td id="15C98E79ABD8B28E3E36F6DE59F1A98C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xxi</td>
<td id="7EA53CCB77707787351A60FDE5E75AAD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xix</td>
<td id="E9E9834B0975EFCC7E50984743F5C4A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">viii</td>
<td id="7F53F7CC62FB6B525C9A1F73523C8889" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xviii</td>
<td id="64A79985C34455CC479280394308E627" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xviii</td>
<td id="6F78CA2BF912A84A7A392419D87AF202" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="809E4B24A3623E9BEA14C1940B81A254" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xix</td>
<td id="2BFDCDEBC3996B4E1C7ED0349A0C8262" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xix</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7DF923EE4702A17DA24B1474E7DE2EEE">
<td id="9E06C5D107A17D4A3C79FE6D985C8C93" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Penes</td>
<td id="5A71035170DD85D26F1E226A76F7175A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td id="B764B04BD2323E4CCC685172A4E78AE5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td id="15084A15ED59AC6E316B83BA589E7501" colspan="1" rowspan="1">+</td>
<td id="5F2D7C374089CCE97002F4A5D8B06EFF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">+</td>
<td id="2F412DA9E8EA6C10E690980CC9FE1765" colspan="1" rowspan="1">+</td>
<td id="50C65F8426FF81839140C5226F81D755" colspan="1" rowspan="1">+</td>
<td id="E4FDCA4D7E85DC9257AC4B780C96EF63" colspan="1" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td id="2303566DE1640530C39FA3B953444B96" colspan="1" rowspan="1">+</td>
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Male pores (mp) and genital markings (gm);
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Prostate gland (p). Scale bar: 1 mm.
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<paragraph id="AC57C7DA3E092629678118B91FE0D2C7">The species is named in honor of Andres Obusan, the son and inspiration of one of the authors of this work.</paragraph>
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Brown worm with adult length
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In live animals, dorsal brown, ventral pale, equators pigmented; Length
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); diameter
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at x, 4.55.0 mm at xx; body cylindrical in cross-section, tail blunt; 145248 segments. First dorsal pore at 12 / 13; spermathecal pore absent. Female pore single in xiv, distance between openings
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(0.25 circumference apart ventrally), 89 setae between openings. Clitellum annular, from xiv to xvi. Setae evenly distributed around segmental equators; 6064 setae on vii, 6670 setae on xx, dorsal and ventral setal gaps absent. Genital marking present in segments xix to xxiii; in one individual, the right genital marking on xxiii is lacking.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="60E3CC933AB388474EEB38ADF379D5BF">Septa 4 / 58 / 9 muscular, and 9 / 1010 / 11 lacking, 11 / 1213 / 14 muscular. Dense tufts of nephridia on anterior faces of 5 / 6 and 6 / 7; nephridia of intestinal segments located mainly on body near septum / body wall junction. Large gizzard extending from ix to x, esophagus with low vertical lamellae x xiii, intestinal origin xiv, no caeca; hearts in x to xiii, esophageal; commissural vessels in vi, vii, and ix, lateral.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2272C6813254BCF52FC249A82AC3996D">Ovaries and funnels free in xiii. Spermathecae absent. Male sexual system holandric, testes and funnels enclosed in paired sacs in x, xi; seminal vesicles xi, xii, each with digitate dorsal lobe; vesicles of xi enclosed in testes sac; vasa deferentia slender, free from body wall to ental end of prostatic ducts; prostates large in xv to xx, each a single, dense, racemose mass; short muscular duct entering inconspicuous copulatory bursa.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="SECID0ECIAE" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="F6D8AAA3FD3A3AC5F8972FB017775BC6">
<heading id="90B04B25D593F126CAD09B37C49F9929" reason="title">Remarks.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A1F73DCCC1D8DE3998E2DBC2F616EB9C">
<taxonomicName id="B102A36D25CB3124431464C5A7011741" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="andresi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8E2E0558C7035F209BF40C89495560C0" italics="true">Polypheretima andresi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="46432F4CA660B4B8836C08A32EBB1761" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, belongs to the
<taxonomicName id="60287B25F5359C4838EBE05C0727E6AA" authorityName="Perrier" authorityYear="1872" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="elongata">
<emphasis id="F751AA76B7904D0A1ECB39B3240F9B2E" italics="true">Po. elongata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group of
<bibRefCitation id="4D3612C6482E223028042F27CCE936B4" DOI="10.1111/j.1095-8312.1972.tb00694.x" author="Sims R &amp; Easton E" firstAuthor="Sims" journalOrPublisher="Biological Journal of the Linnean Society" pagination="169-268" refId="B70" refString="Sims R, Easton E (1972) A numerical revision of the earthworm genus Pheretima with the recognition of new genera and an appendix on the earthworms collected by the Royal Society North Borneo Expedition. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 4: 169268. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1972.tb00694.x" title="A numerical revision of the earthworm genus Pheretima with the recognition of new genera and an appendix on the earthworms collected by the Royal Society North Borneo Expedition." volume="4" year="1972">Sims and Easton (1972)</bibRefCitation>
, characterized by having a pair of genital markings on xix, successive segments in line with the male pores, and shallow copulatory bursae. Members of the group include
<taxonomicName id="88390E20992769BE5D9E53B06554221A" authority="Perrier, 1872" authorityName="Perrier" authorityYear="1872" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="elongata">
<emphasis id="6507409E359134A2957E3908CFEFB2AC" italics="true">Po. elongata</emphasis>
Perrier, 1872
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CE46A05105C3FEC431CD2C94CD8F439" authority="Michaelsen, 1892" authorityName="Michaelsen" authorityYear="1892" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="stelleri">
<emphasis id="F19FE64DEBBE394370F1518059BF7A79" italics="true">Po. stelleri</emphasis>
Michaelsen, 1892
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="D7275E19ED74088BDB24C3764836B9DE" authority="Beddard &amp; Fedarb, 1895" authorityName="Beddard &amp; Fedarb" authorityYear="1895" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="everetti">
<emphasis id="EFB4E229A3281A83A687AE244ED65561" italics="true">Po. everetti</emphasis>
Beddard &amp; Fedarb, 1895
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BEBC08AE07CD7FD84FFFA9381A1766FC" authority="Beddard &amp; Fedarb, 1895" authorityName="Beddard &amp; Fedarb" authorityYear="1895" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kinabaluensis">
<emphasis id="3EED21192ECBE96BC5C552ADC39C0E77" italics="true">Po. kinabaluensis</emphasis>
Beddard &amp; Fedarb, 1895
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="ECCAFD7B69F2E39C8C4EED2EE9B4C45A" authority="Michaelsen, 1899" authorityName="Michaelsen" authorityYear="1899" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="phacellotheca">
<emphasis id="463E576AC1FD383267433A0A90B26D65" italics="true">Po. phacellotheca</emphasis>
Michaelsen, 1899
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="508614BAF4E36D0DEA5E84BDCF0ADC3C" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2015" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2015" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="bukidnonensis">
<emphasis id="DE53E7125ADD7AFC63CD4AF33C768C8B" italics="true">Po. bukidnonensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="DF0B7A55905722CA565843CC74EB9B3A" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.3881.5.1" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pagination="1-23" refId="B3" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2015) New Polypheretima and Pithemera (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) species from the Mt. Malindang Range, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Journal of Natural History 42: 1-23. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3881.5.1" title="New Polypheretima and Pithemera (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) species from the Mt. Malindang Range, Mindanao Island, Philippines." volume="42" year="2015">Aspe &amp; James, 2015</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="7232DBE3AE72F688F5CCB6104EDD9179" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2016" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="mindanaoensis">
<emphasis id="63516668A58217C331CB0A900757BEA7" italics="true">Po. mindanaoensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="B58727A6C4EFE5E7488D55B60F5E444F" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" issue="8" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Studies" pagination="1-33" refId="B4" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2016) New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines. Zoological Studies 55 (8): 1-33." title="New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines." volume="55" year="2016">Aspe &amp; James, 2016</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A16134B4B5AEBFF7B9BA14DA2B89364E" authority="Fahri et al., 2017" authorityName="Fahri" authorityYear="2017" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="cokelat">
<emphasis id="8833140AEBBC2904FE861FFDF9D60450" italics="true">Po. cokelat</emphasis>
Fahri et al., 2017
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="99D7EA7B8D2D8F9FE91FAFFA9CD4C177" authority="Fahri et al., 2017" authorityName="Fahri" authorityYear="2017" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="elongatoides">
<emphasis id="319CEEBF4C88F2096F63CDC0055EB793" italics="true">Po. elongatoides</emphasis>
Fahri et al., 2017
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="710F32BA72716907A1873DE6DAB5209C" authority="Fahri et al., 2017" authorityName="Fahri" authorityYear="2017" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kalimpaaensis">
<emphasis id="08C79B1022A1AC3E4C1A3764EB80426B" italics="true">Po. kalimpaaensis</emphasis>
Fahri et al., 2017
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="6D6E5F9C730A344FA4F1C235E761ECDA" authority="Fahri et al., 2017" authorityName="Fahri" authorityYear="2017" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="sahlani">
<emphasis id="3A4E43B127A59C6E27147F0D1AF39901" italics="true">Po. sahlani</emphasis>
Fahri et al., 2017
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E82135C54587E66AC61B8F6FB28B1969" authority="Aspe et al., 2021" authorityName="Aspe" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="fleischmani">
<emphasis id="CB7667A1E24D42E33C07941F4CB6491E" italics="true">Po. fleischmani</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="63A2FFEF3530075CEBE4B610CB22544C" DOI="10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" author="Aspe NM &amp; Manasan RE &amp; Manlavi AB &amp; Patiluna MLE &amp; Sebido MAB &amp; Obusan MCM &amp; Simbahan JF &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pagination="733-797" refId="B10" refString="Aspe NM, Manasan RE, Manlavi AB, Patiluna MLE, Sebido MAB, Obusan MCM, Simbahan JF, James SW (2021) The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae). Journal of Natural History 55: 733-797. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" title="The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae)." volume="55" year="2021">Aspe et al., 2021</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F42368ADDD850E53D144508B2AA16B1B" authority="Aspe et al., 2021" authorityName="Aspe" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="irawanensis">
<emphasis id="703A9752D689B2D03F2000DEEB04FBF0" italics="true">Po. irawanensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5249210992E9A9836234DE9CB3D85ED2" DOI="10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" author="Aspe NM &amp; Manasan RE &amp; Manlavi AB &amp; Patiluna MLE &amp; Sebido MAB &amp; Obusan MCM &amp; Simbahan JF &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pagination="733-797" refId="B10" refString="Aspe NM, Manasan RE, Manlavi AB, Patiluna MLE, Sebido MAB, Obusan MCM, Simbahan JF, James SW (2021) The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae). Journal of Natural History 55: 733-797. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" title="The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae)." volume="55" year="2021">Aspe et al., 2021</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="49E5A304CCCDD4EFDFED815A82CE6D78" authority="Aspe et al., 2021" authorityName="Aspe" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="jenniferae">
<emphasis id="F90CEAF1431104196DAA777FCFB61875" italics="true">Po. jenniferae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="91E61610E3ECFF8DC721C4519C2417E7" DOI="10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" author="Aspe NM &amp; Manasan RE &amp; Manlavi AB &amp; Patiluna MLE &amp; Sebido MAB &amp; Obusan MCM &amp; Simbahan JF &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pagination="733-797" refId="B10" refString="Aspe NM, Manasan RE, Manlavi AB, Patiluna MLE, Sebido MAB, Obusan MCM, Simbahan JF, James SW (2021) The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae). Journal of Natural History 55: 733-797. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" title="The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae)." volume="55" year="2021">Aspe et al., 2021</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="FB993677542429849C487A2E7B04E1A0" authority="Aspe et al., 2021" authorityName="Aspe" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="mantalingahanensis">
<emphasis id="275D2008C25E4587D300FCA38EA0464E" italics="true">Po. mantalingahanensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="6101BC0BF8DE2A0A0E7A9ADC25E68CD4" DOI="10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" author="Aspe NM &amp; Manasan RE &amp; Manlavi AB &amp; Patiluna MLE &amp; Sebido MAB &amp; Obusan MCM &amp; Simbahan JF &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pagination="733-797" refId="B10" refString="Aspe NM, Manasan RE, Manlavi AB, Patiluna MLE, Sebido MAB, Obusan MCM, Simbahan JF, James SW (2021) The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae). Journal of Natural History 55: 733-797. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" title="The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae)." volume="55" year="2021">Aspe et al., 2021</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B38BD7C8C4EBA2080B61AB3C368DE7EF" authority="Aspe et al., 2021" authorityName="Aspe" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="puertoprincesaensis">
<emphasis id="074CF8A9397EAC90EF1034EB6FA4CAB5" italics="true">Po. puertoprincesaensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="641F4FA48E8D2D0B59EF07582736D2B9" DOI="10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" author="Aspe NM &amp; Manasan RE &amp; Manlavi AB &amp; Patiluna MLE &amp; Sebido MAB &amp; Obusan MCM &amp; Simbahan JF &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pagination="733-797" refId="B10" refString="Aspe NM, Manasan RE, Manlavi AB, Patiluna MLE, Sebido MAB, Obusan MCM, Simbahan JF, James SW (2021) The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae). Journal of Natural History 55: 733-797. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" title="The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae)." volume="55" year="2021">Aspe et al., 2021</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="488AD528FCD101A8F448B7A3A373D25D" authority="Aspe et al., 2021" authorityName="Aspe" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="victoriaensis">
<emphasis id="7E648337675033A716DA5521467338DF" italics="true">Po. victoriaensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0F279B9861B91F9DAA7F8E17AE6E2047" DOI="10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" author="Aspe NM &amp; Manasan RE &amp; Manlavi AB &amp; Patiluna MLE &amp; Sebido MAB &amp; Obusan MCM &amp; Simbahan JF &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pagination="733-797" refId="B10" refString="Aspe NM, Manasan RE, Manlavi AB, Patiluna MLE, Sebido MAB, Obusan MCM, Simbahan JF, James SW (2021) The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae). Journal of Natural History 55: 733-797. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" title="The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae)." volume="55" year="2021">Aspe et al., 2021</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="F1BD0B97E3ACBAE65436203E8FD03501" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="andresi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="EE933B79CDB1F647C7290193CE9BE5E6" italics="true">Po. andresi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="F4EEC78BD64B3E4821A115D277B8C5A2" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
Among the species in the
<taxonomicName id="7F3FAE31AB1F7189C6AE2286F48D9BD8" authorityName="Perrier" authorityYear="1872" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="elongata">
<emphasis id="3F909DA1E12A4BA9FE4419AB7DFAC38C" italics="true">Po. elongata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group,
<taxonomicName id="5EA21DC273997709257C4B65EE571B16" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="andresi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="231A560E2BE003630EC3377F4443ACFF" italics="true">Po. andresi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="93260660278A4BBDC5996747A3E2CF1A" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is relatively similar to
<taxonomicName id="2F8544997C4E1635B289316911F2D439" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="jenniferae">
<emphasis id="DBC6467CBE26912BB66CA3950264F468" italics="true">Po. jenniferae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="25278D171AEC47BB32D1B07FDB6A6150" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="sahlani">
<emphasis id="FA8FD1667BEEE956AFFEDE8A33D83750" italics="true">Po. sahlani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="ACF2A8D84F122760FD192693F880F412" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="cokelat">
<emphasis id="170EEE7CEC2E08E3BB2F5171BC51B67C" italics="true">Po. cokelat</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="040B1B28B2277A72FBAF59A0D21998F1" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="irawanensis">
<emphasis id="349FD869FD352BD871F20493023291A1" italics="true">Po. irawanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C9532C147859BBBA578416E783006AF" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kalimpaaensis">
<emphasis id="E275E532BE5B2E6407DD027B2A787C0C" italics="true">Po. kalimpaaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BB645CCE1A831BA5BE6AF6AD20AC3A47" authorityName="Beddard &amp; Fedarb" authorityYear="1895" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kinabaluensis">
<emphasis id="DDB8A56965129A6B6D75FDD2E5A07014" italics="true">Po. kinabaluensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4BD1B8CFB273F15674FF08C3FA6EA659" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="fleischmani">
<emphasis id="E49B28F1450DAD306BC66656C5A9DCAF" italics="true">Po. fleischmani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="88A504860F3881C7520DB28BDF13B7D5" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2015" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="bukidnonensis">
<emphasis id="2C5383B1261084788589416ED044C0DF" italics="true">Po. bukidnonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="6536AA84694A7A43F6983F750BDAD189" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="mantalingahanensis">
<emphasis id="1E8C2EE4EA48DEB52394F9AC1A9DE8AF" italics="true">Po. mantalingahanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="A82F1FD0656C203AEB1500D872D189B5" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="mindanaoensis">
<emphasis id="8D4D51825C9955150CB952082E43A8D8" italics="true">Po. mindanaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in size (Table
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). However, the new species (
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) has a thinner body than that of
<taxonomicName id="34D21BA6D615D387EFA7F50F33AD677C" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="irawanensis">
<emphasis id="699B4801536F6A2EE4E1C403FF51D855" italics="true">Po. irawanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) but has a body thicker than that of
<taxonomicName id="5CE7A6B3814002D433239CAF67B1110A" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="mantalingahanensis">
<emphasis id="74536C5F393692D223EB8B98447CEFAC" italics="true">Po. mantalingahanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<quantity id="CF798D9A97C581963DD586FAFF3AD1BE" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" metricValueMax="4.0" metricValueMin="3.0" unit="mm" value="3.5" valueMax="4.0" valueMin="3.0">34 mm</quantity>
).
<taxonomicName id="D85E827391888B182618269F77B31DE7" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="andresi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="22D465C1F5EF08DCA92B1266EBA2CBB6" italics="true">Polypheretima andresi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3A002FB53149CE8505983B354163AE59" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
has a wider space between male pores (0.25) than that of
<taxonomicName id="1B6F8F5BDD39FA0C281A46C14B3847A5" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="irawanensis">
<emphasis id="B346AC82A468C5BE9AFDBA8321545B6D" italics="true">Po. irawanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.22),
<taxonomicName id="3D520CC35458EE4C30ECC4F362EB889E" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2015" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="bukidnonensis">
<emphasis id="3BD6384F781E264876AEC3853EBEB0D9" italics="true">Po. bukidnonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.22), and
<taxonomicName id="7E7C1B1E089304ED3C6ADEEDDFAD32F2" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="mindanaoensis">
<emphasis id="91D5A02E26E716BD41037CB1FF3703AB" italics="true">Po. mindanaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.23) but narrower than that of
<taxonomicName id="C12CE06E826AE7699C69D2F454B5CDA3" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="jenniferae">
<emphasis id="71A30CE3D84A37789AA58F307DD50375" italics="true">Po. jenniferae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.27),
<taxonomicName id="552C3817336723281A4E9D62D8D2CEDB" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="sahlani">
<emphasis id="4BF08C321191FA57786F82C6B9B300A4" italics="true">Po. sahlani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.5),
<taxonomicName id="D5378052B6E7BFA5C45B91E8CF813CCB" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="cokelat">
<emphasis id="03BCA0FD15825669D7D873B6D1CDE707" italics="true">Po. cokelat</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.4), and
<taxonomicName id="5600419011D7AF24B74CFF2333C6B338" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kalimpaaensis">
<emphasis id="65DCAF943D93C7D69FCA25433974275E" italics="true">Po. kalimpaaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(0.25). The new species has fewer setae on vii (6064) than that of
<taxonomicName id="7BCC6CA49B4A88131FFEF1E4CAB48CDC" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="sahlani">
<emphasis id="70ABDE6E2E7573CFD0F76E7BE0C6C936" italics="true">Po. sahlani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(7889) and
<taxonomicName id="888DC97404E635C6AFC0188AA55721E5" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="irawanensis">
<emphasis id="BFD39764882541FB83262A4C2BCA77C3" italics="true">Po. irawanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(94) but has more setae on the same segment than that of
<taxonomicName id="53D8B5B83085A71391455CC4E4B3051D" authorityName="Beddard &amp; Fedarb" authorityYear="1895" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kinabaluensis">
<emphasis id="39A308B2B0DA7319BF9EA68CC4FBD21D" italics="true">Po. kinabaluensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(&lt;40),
<taxonomicName id="F852728FA3C03578333FA92FC9096B87" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="fleischmani">
<emphasis id="0B882F8D4E7F9259D3B39476A78B5E3E" italics="true">Po. fleischmani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(5053),
<taxonomicName id="DDBEFC822DF425E703CEF7CF06F12347" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2015" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="bukidnonensis">
<emphasis id="5F5F67049570AC940B469FDB525EDC41" italics="true">Po. bukidnonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3945),
<taxonomicName id="40BE8EE7ED5D9139E400C7FCDE726226" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="mantalingahanensis">
<emphasis id="C72896CEF15C63D2A075501303F09DBA" italics="true">Po. mantalingahanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(3843), and
<taxonomicName id="6BF6216B2DC5D94FEA82E22D1C45B218" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="mindanaoensis">
<emphasis id="1D3E88E15D557C4AA46A2218F9BF9758" italics="true">Po. mindanaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(4153). The new species also has fewer post-clitellar setae (6670) than that of
<taxonomicName id="94A7765D857684E9787F9B809E0E11DB" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="irawanensis">
<emphasis id="22281AC7F1E8D91B264113E45DA1BA6F" italics="true">Po. irawanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(79) but more in the same area compared with
<taxonomicName id="D1C5B7863399A802F6ED4C298D8FEDDA" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="cokelat">
<emphasis id="F31755EA73200789560828A03675733C" italics="true">Po. cokelat</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(4662),
<taxonomicName id="A7C889BDE733D8F411F44B2FFFA5447D" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kalimpaaensis">
<emphasis id="75FFE18A7E6E7E47C46D4CE17627E6D4" italics="true">Po. kalimpaaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(4852),
<taxonomicName id="2634C7A575E6180244D7CA99DA0A7FFF" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="fleischmani">
<emphasis id="9D1FB2B8D24F7B52EA09CFBA8CC4527A" italics="true">Po. fleischmani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(5965),
<taxonomicName id="56A7A01C9AC3839996D31A4EC6F9B62B" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2015" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="bukidnonensis">
<emphasis id="E0553FE09E1EEB8663721B34FDB692B3" italics="true">Po. bukidnonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(4658),
<taxonomicName id="B0ACC9D8D073DBB712B2C866D47A0CD8" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="mantalingahanensis">
<emphasis id="5FC2D796700FB22C37C576B0498DFD3B" italics="true">Po. mantalingahanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(4249), and
<taxonomicName id="0E9C12CE9426D8598D5EE58DA2770B8C" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2015" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="bukidnonensis">
<emphasis id="AC8CE0A9DE1C4DAB4F392450143A7101" italics="true">Po. bukidnonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(4446). Notably, the new species is also similar to
<taxonomicName id="3DE22DE4CCA46534CF034000076463BD" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="jenniferae">
<emphasis id="B0FF98F3CB7B74F86F9DB675F44F71FA" italics="true">Po. jenniferae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and some individuals of
<taxonomicName id="FD624CA1D641963FD1B6C41993440342" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="sahlani">
<emphasis id="095A5D6DDD164EC15C69E2654F00B3F3" italics="true">Po. sahlani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="781FC10F54881E6E53367D7591DF5874" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="mindanaoensis">
<emphasis id="00FB7916FCE021FE4E3A980248C92C1C" italics="true">Po. mindanaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having no spermathecae but differs from these species in the position of the prostate glands (xv xx vs. xvi xxi, xvi xix).
<bibRefCitation id="858F64701520FD2D4B91D430B8604E48" DOI="10.2307/1006214" author="Gates GE" firstAuthor="Gates" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the American Philosophical Society" pagination="1-327" refId="B24" refString="Gates GE (1972) Burmese earthworms an introduction to the systematics and biology of megadrile oligochaetes with special reference to Southeast Asia. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 62: 1327. https://doi.org/10.2307/1006214" title="Burmese earthworms - an introduction to the systematics and biology of megadrile oligochaetes with special reference to Southeast Asia." volume="62" year="1972">Gates (1972)</bibRefCitation>
suggested that the absence of spermathecae in species or adult individuals may result in parthenogenetic reproduction.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="381EC8D2848ABE6E59B98CC0D83AA5E1">
<label id="3F53BF23A0C38F8F5B45DCAAC626C786">Table 1.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F8C5ECA129AC50C042F79A398CC67062">
Comparison of
<taxonomicName id="555777B50A5CF3889D15479D14FD1A1A" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="andresi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="FE36D1EC2A833174E4D88E27BC213B45" italics="true">Polypheretima andresi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E39889FC5120BF2A779CE045B4F3B701" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
with closely related members of the
<taxonomicName id="B7E2F37D2000B1AA6EE45EEE08DF6EC0" authorityName="Perrier" authorityYear="1872" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="elongata">
<emphasis id="057E1CC1773092BCD8CF77F4AFA3757A" italics="true">Po. elongata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="753792B0C227729EA410C824FEEF4E74">
<table id="TID0EESAI" rules="all">
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<tr id="16EE139D4A949FC3D2F3252AA9B5810F">
<th id="794349D9E299E33BFCB542F9EABB1A14" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Character</th>
<th id="7CDE71F108AA734EE62CD5A5335BBE9A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="114C57BBA37B6B8E6D0858E6D5FEEB1C" authority="Aspe et al., 2021" authorityName="Aspe" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="jenniferae">
<emphasis id="C07C673F47A3D2D548ED071D64064673" italics="true">Po. jenniferae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="42D40D5028D8E3D362B409D2DD90788C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="C762D91A1D9C898EEC423B5A25835F0D" authority="Fahri et al., 2017" authorityName="Fahri" authorityYear="2017" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="sahlani">
<emphasis id="83011185DE257CF1F4ACD449008BEE73" italics="true">Po. sahlani</emphasis>
Fahri et al., 2017
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="7A9DA7BB995C434BACA20689838272AD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="B0B34F151109B0574481821829CD9AE8" authority="Fahri et al., 2017" authorityName="Fahri" authorityYear="2017" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="cokelat">
<emphasis id="4FAE47FEA3B2C0B4BCB2C023E1397B3C" italics="true">Po. cokelat</emphasis>
Fahri et al., 2017
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="EC6747D8C243BBAD718DCF2E27B58E8E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="C6CE6A12E7F1532FF7EA50F7CF409021" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="andresi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="25C7E3555DF51D3B5489093CD2A4E8DC" italics="true">Po. andresi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="49BBE1B92B48C1434685E6C4FE7BBCDD" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
<th id="E24E23DF12D7DFD103C9308B0A67935A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="E926D4AABD8941536FA39A3BC640F8AF" authority="Aspe et al., 2021" authorityName="Aspe" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="irawanensis">
<emphasis id="AC55F304221D4A02C814E25FAF98BAEB" italics="true">Po. irawanensis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="0135DA4F50CAAD5B8C3C5DB69A89220B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="C989D2E40E50B42DC7756CDE47BA3DFC" authority="Fahri et al., 2017" authorityName="Fahri" authorityYear="2017" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kalimpaaensis">
<emphasis id="BAD58E7E1116FB177894F53B0C43EB95" italics="true">Po. kalimpaaensis</emphasis>
Fahri et al., 2017
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="1FE2E6FF7256FFA61D096593BDA83BE4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="66E65AABF4BC215CABD3983D3B1F12F7" authority="Beddard &amp; Fedarb, 1895" authorityName="Beddard &amp; Fedarb" authorityYear="1895" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kinabaluensis">
<emphasis id="944EDB776A46930C5CE304C9A5B3A7FC" italics="true">Po. kinabaluensis</emphasis>
Beddard &amp; Fedarb, 1895
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="AE91A85E49138A6941D1B055B9ADF8EA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="F536D0745632F30ADA466CAAFACA8DF2" authority="Aspe et al., 2021" authorityName="Aspe" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="fleischmani">
<emphasis id="52840C93DBD911EE3CE1E11ABEFC2E8F" italics="true">Po. fleischmani</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="3CC57987BD66BFB9C7F1589CAEF9042B" DOI="10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" author="Aspe NM &amp; Manasan RE &amp; Manlavi AB &amp; Patiluna MLE &amp; Sebido MAB &amp; Obusan MCM &amp; Simbahan JF &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pagination="733-797" refId="B10" refString="Aspe NM, Manasan RE, Manlavi AB, Patiluna MLE, Sebido MAB, Obusan MCM, Simbahan JF, James SW (2021) The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae). Journal of Natural History 55: 733-797. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" title="The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae)." volume="55" year="2021">Aspe et al., 2021</bibRefCitation>
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</th>
<th id="B666669B7DE52C12476CDC3352222E3D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="8B0E8A0E66482FD2F82C491C4808D489" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2015" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2015" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="bukidnonensis">
<emphasis id="CF47C5344BAE292323195BE45CD0672C" italics="true">Po. bukidnonensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="B9D10D1A3C6D862BBB97A7CE3C59244D" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.3881.5.1" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pagination="1-23" refId="B3" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2015) New Polypheretima and Pithemera (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) species from the Mt. Malindang Range, Mindanao Island, Philippines. Journal of Natural History 42: 1-23. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3881.5.1" title="New Polypheretima and Pithemera (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) species from the Mt. Malindang Range, Mindanao Island, Philippines." volume="42" year="2015">Aspe &amp; James, 2015</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="6655E2663B1062C62EA2386D14996C95" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="F01AA80A7F67961894928AD8132CB61F" authority="Aspe et al., 2021" authorityName="Aspe" authorityYear="2021" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="mantalingahanensis">
<emphasis id="33CB893CB12E291F0288EDE740D29B5A" italics="true">Po. mantalingahanensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="C7360F384E2008AAFBAB2531F3E8A2B2" DOI="10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" author="Aspe NM &amp; Manasan RE &amp; Manlavi AB &amp; Patiluna MLE &amp; Sebido MAB &amp; Obusan MCM &amp; Simbahan JF &amp; James SW" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pagination="733-797" refId="B10" refString="Aspe NM, Manasan RE, Manlavi AB, Patiluna MLE, Sebido MAB, Obusan MCM, Simbahan JF, James SW (2021) The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae). Journal of Natural History 55: 733-797. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1923849" title="The earthworm fauna of Palawan, Philippines with description of nineteen new pheretimoid species (Clitellata: Megascolecidae)." volume="55" year="2021">Aspe et al., 2021</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<taxonomicName id="2337842CB27BD5B9493042A2C597F3BD" authority="Aspe &amp; James, 2016 Length" authorityName="Aspe &amp; James" authorityYear="2016" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="mindanaoensis">
<th id="46030F820EA41E5FD86A72517A943A75" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="EE656835325A8C140C5B9DAE4A0BBC41" italics="true">Po. mindanaoensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="D713937FC1D1C05EF54D5B5BA7581A19" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" issue="8" journalOrPublisher="Zoological Studies" pagination="1-33" refId="B4" refString="Aspe NM, James SW (2016) New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines. Zoological Studies 55 (8): 1-33." title="New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines." volume="55" year="2016">Aspe &amp; James, 2016</bibRefCitation>
</th>
<tr id="EBEB3050B92C80008D494AC5B7502BB8">
<td id="BD7331EC1648194306AB534020E4A37D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Length</td>
<td id="0B1F0529E9A61EAD18A48AA7A280C89D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">161198</td>
<td id="F561C8783D81B3AC7A5FE635A29DBF84" colspan="1" rowspan="1">152195</td>
<td id="1661480942D97F94381FD1F93CCBA579" colspan="1" rowspan="1">54185</td>
<td id="6EAD714A41A4F2011B245FE60F6D969E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">92178</td>
<td id="F496D98BBBC87F942FB72E916C666240" colspan="1" rowspan="1">174</td>
<td id="3EDD0DD12FE5A73F16746891E0F5EFF3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">124156</td>
<td id="99CEDF4B811DE932428EC3CB5E711B4E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">~ 150</td>
<td id="59C81919F3CD40537049107B4F8392F4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">99149</td>
<td id="46D9C49B71BA7D30759C4EE443D95AC9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">131</td>
<td id="0651E382E91961A2207BC63A626D075D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">91124</td>
<td id="113D7C340114E43986B289EDD44B0F5D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">90118</td>
</tr>
</taxonomicName>
</tr>
<tr id="DC08A920B2BEC71A1B5092734EE4D71D">
<td id="B07CA0A1D85107B0B8E5815A5BB14EAF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Width</td>
<td id="1F48105433C27853C31B47E0E86AC8D4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.2 5</td>
<td id="32A48B0065725E9ABFBB5C3F3AE2B7A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.56</td>
<td id="A9A47390488242EDA0DE69FBB3C3B5B5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.56</td>
<td id="49ECC5712F5667E2AEDF6C0D12167F88" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.55.9</td>
<td id="13E1321111B2F7E463183E652503F02A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.57</td>
<td id="FFC6E7560F5BF79FA4EF669A5DB7B1EB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">35</td>
<td id="22DEEFE1BB7B2B1520FB26F474BF7D6F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="235FDFBFE11ADE9CDED15B1398D48FA4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4 5.2</td>
<td id="20C5CFF28945E031F5634BD60A2B859C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">56.5</td>
<td id="FED98D1A25BC13DE2CE972DFA9D2CC6D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">34</td>
<td id="B75A65C92AAD2028BCE7A9B7A592DD2C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.17</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1120E131BC3A0CE654371EAFBBE5330F">
<td id="71CE689524BEE1D9BE5B4CB094D9373C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">No. of segments</td>
<td id="7038B84249C93E3505BE2796B2A8A758" colspan="1" rowspan="1">160218</td>
<td id="11C2819F022989AE7BAEF2C12CF092E3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">113281</td>
<td id="72F424721A6DD52B6948A1FDBCD64CB4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">169214</td>
<td id="2DB428F7D3CD095C31A858EE30C55CF5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">145248</td>
<td id="5B87B1D3BC011FBFCEA63470428AF2AC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">178</td>
<td id="CAA39D21A0BAEF021B244518D3F6B435" colspan="1" rowspan="1">150223</td>
<td id="DE22ED3C3D794CE68E2EB7169EA5FAF7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">~ 200</td>
<td id="9222FEE56F200CF74564C71AEDC17BB2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">157168</td>
<td id="7C9EF586E6A11239A8232E50A68D33F3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">147</td>
<td id="E009D16D5336D7AD4B7C542A5B50EC2F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">104115</td>
<td id="0091783FA6F162C9FA9A71D379B5FF1E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">140141</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DB2CFED7D04B1969AC0DC0003E1CE0F7">
<td id="DEDF7D032FBC5717D3439BF9D6A1256E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">First dorsal pore</td>
<td id="AE15A3B88BAD156F2FAF7975568D349A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="7F1C7B1F461C43CF16E69D6B85938CC8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="66FF08D79F170D9AC488AA9929D75A06" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="085F0921B5C218ECB1DB1D4191F20317" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="16E8C96808D68EED76F5F0477349E656" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 12</td>
<td id="4AEBED169F8548D4CD38574BD0D47413" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="783C3126256ED44AE32C9984851CDB52" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="5CE282F8C3D58742F4474575AE5B4DE1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="F4ED20E0C0A134859839E4DF24E31EE0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="EAB37041150EB024813EF425FF11BF62" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
<td id="BD8566BB5B8B1DE2582B6865CB16A282" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 13</td>
</tr>
<tr id="870DABFB640EAE0B26C9E85DE6F1D11E">
<td id="3E4D8FCC4CEF948947F39C7A3537CCDC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Setae on vii, post-clitellar setae</td>
<td id="55BF57769D35F9E7E107F15756E99FD6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4364, 5374</td>
<td id="F9FC3C0BBAC2B36C92B0FC1092810558" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7889, 5968</td>
<td id="51FBD41A9CDB4E729C0CC8EFB0602719" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5263, 4662</td>
<td id="9618CB7EF076B4E9CF5A870DDE0AB10F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6064, 6670</td>
<td id="C6F63EE4BA54F85FE21AAF80E4B8A182" colspan="1" rowspan="1">94, 79</td>
<td id="C46C92A17FC5D0E719A1DEA36EC975D9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4274, 4852</td>
<td id="4C1D725EEA5A2605935EAD2BCBC93EFC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">&lt;40 in vii,?</td>
<td id="5D91E7F1F0AC26E66951AD4EBD228B69" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5053, 5965</td>
<td id="9CF13BA856F0AB72ABA19385D26C2715" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3945, 4658</td>
<td id="653FA128BBB339886C1F20B96F946979" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3843, 4249</td>
<td id="4091919C67D28BABFB213187C9019167" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4153, 4446</td>
</tr>
<tr id="710DCB6797151761CBFF0984C954A39C">
<td id="C859D97D5A9A68A3B9CB83D3D2A8698B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Male pores spacing</td>
<td id="D92A4755AA228082040EE29FF794D187" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.27</td>
<td id="5B8CAD5C7AE43B4BC5CA77D177FAEDFA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.5</td>
<td id="D9A7279EA36A53EC6FD5CBC3440E9D89" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.4</td>
<td id="200B55532AFFA4F31B749BD9117C653E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.25</td>
<td id="4D96D8A9AFDC89ABAF14DE4C58BE31BF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.22</td>
<td id="7D352F164D42799ECE576C0D650F5B9A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.35</td>
<td id="2F98F1F2D60A690FAA1A41F2A225C433" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="70529BAF626F4ECFF13C50E100957344" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.250.29</td>
<td id="8AEDA7DB8CBD31DE334C85DF215DC72F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.22</td>
<td id="AF21ADBF123BAE2DE39691643AEC6257" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.230.25</td>
<td id="AB29707BD3002208907613142623D2F8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0.23</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A351139474B30C0D2B5377A400447F8C">
<td id="80625907C7F63BEE98EB0B74EE6B0C0B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Setae bet. male pores</td>
<td id="2A96338FDD4DEBB5C6CE445575AB5FB8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">714</td>
<td id="874F7B3BE9F22A31ECA8D97347BA1E7A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">810</td>
<td id="B0DDAF4C8AB7F02FC4F47E01A48DF08B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">810</td>
<td id="B179E4FB840575E287B0A7CA93B24A8F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">89</td>
<td id="949252F56E4FCCCCFC80335273DC5849" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11</td>
<td id="76B353E8E936042D4A11D827AD5BB786" colspan="1" rowspan="1">810</td>
<td id="891C093E6CAC00C27CAFDFE2F6EF16EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="586EBB75A52B5FE5422190362EE80D88" colspan="1" rowspan="1">14 16</td>
<td id="1F3F864178EE1ABF543F2CEE54D945C4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">67</td>
<td id="FE735F9DD86245A366E7385D988F90CB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1114</td>
<td id="992F497AD85A681D446126FA964D4AF9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3C4401E58B00FF6F1AAE1B5ACC056A3E">
<td id="273C03A1EEF36A03F3A42CADD60FFBA5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Genital markings</td>
<td id="387A489AC20D3E9474413B00F25AA680" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xix xxiii</td>
<td id="C5BFB613256451352D474974B59464BA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xix xxiii / xxiv</td>
<td id="AAA709F26DB923714A2094104EB8F3B2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xix xxii / xxiii</td>
<td id="4127296429CD80F10A607C2872BE1EEA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xix xxiii</td>
<td id="F896B0FBF26101A7AF0D889D8DFD7BF4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xix xxii</td>
<td id="051B89F4693701396B8A09FCC951C70C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xix xx / xxi</td>
<td id="7777ADE4E0B4EBCB112F34614585F593" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td id="A29F4FD3974FA73C0926C6520935F7FA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xix xxii</td>
<td id="403794B6C9BE4F6FD26DF4988DAF92A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xix xxi</td>
<td id="C947C67194A3ADA34FE5BA9AD05B92BC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xix xxi</td>
<td id="4D60D7EDEBDE8E27923D2EBDE5FB0EA2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xix xxv / xxvi</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E2A4ACDC94012F04475A3828616B7953">
<td id="73AAE5094F715F4742F375035CF2D9ED" colspan="1" rowspan="1">No. of spermathecae</td>
<td id="3808C6F150888D91C391F6A66DDFCA2A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="BF7D4F49BB551261D68F29DF96B8A91B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">03 in vi, 0 in vii</td>
<td id="270D429904791A96211795565696DBB4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">35 per battery in vi, 25 per battery in vii</td>
<td id="8D54B5AF3529F883520AFE015D4C5304" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="7022DD1422C25246131D5641B836CEBB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6 per battery in vi, 12 per battery in vii</td>
<td id="A8BD141026DD492AE82DA5375CE7FCC2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">37 per battery in vi and vii</td>
<td id="52E891F358CE19817F434133F142FD7A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">612 per battery in vi and vii</td>
<td id="77471CBF2B027FF3F318EC05D45F0602" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4 per battery in vi, 6 per battery in vii</td>
<td id="5081BBC8025DF378F3E22C439F2D6920" colspan="1" rowspan="1">811 per battery in vi, 711 per battery in vii</td>
<td id="4BF284DFDDD09FF6A66BF532A480E109" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4 per battery in vi and vii</td>
<td id="4FE9E6C4774EC12E4F38D1BD2DBAB428" colspan="1" rowspan="1">05 per battery in vi and vii</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2268349519474F526FCF8EE3B10E9786">
<td id="15325E8DE633A86EC168E0244C7136A0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Prostate glands</td>
<td id="BD8946E097D4BCB1695107F087D1325C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvi xxi</td>
<td id="F333C1C0E1DACE9937531C4BB2A71C65" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvi xix</td>
<td id="5621AF74C4B28C59B0C22D2C00A9B495" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xix</td>
<td id="69329917A30506009BCCC1106426D2EA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xv xx</td>
<td id="25545CB8014AEBDD96B00DD9261283CB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xviii</td>
<td id="7798D712304929C17BB18EEBCC2A96CA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvi xx</td>
<td id="D1CC0804A347D021CF86F0E4B2312C88" colspan="1" rowspan="1">?</td>
<td id="1277A00DF17B7B33F6AEF865793BD48B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvi xix</td>
<td id="5946976891E705B025115384F7473EF6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvii xix</td>
<td id="6A7B053395A5571966899E8A809E9F0E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvi xix</td>
<td id="A1BBD1ECC1F1804A420F07C7D9B773FD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">xvi xxi</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8A518D9230679ABF74D4AF2DB75B0084">
In a separate study,
<taxonomicName id="7ECEB1CEB763BD6416BCB5F834E74083" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="andresi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="28560B9144BCF345C24DF7B8384931AF" italics="true">Po. andresi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="264D8C1F3D6C70CD34E4C5F9C63A3EDD" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, which showed to have a potential for vermiculture for the purpose of various applications, has been assessed for its gut microbiota profile. Initial results show that there is a significantly higher diversity of gut microorganisms in
<taxonomicName id="A850046D567270DC67A6132BCCB1AF71" authorityName="Aspe &amp; Zhao &amp; Mapile &amp; Obusan &amp; Zhang &amp; Castañares &amp; Florida &amp; Wu" authorityYear="2025" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Polypheretima" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="andresi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D7BED749F16B24655DDA40A0FC234FC6" italics="true">Po. andresi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="EE157B13C4AEB225B3D95F60DC584394" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, which have potential benefits in agriculture, bioremediation, and in medicine compared to the gut microbiota in the African nightcrawler
<taxonomicName id="67DBFD0799611EE671E9429B116AC0E6" baseAuthorityName="Kinberg" baseAuthorityYear="1866" class="Clitellata" family="Eudrilidae" genus="Eudrilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crassiclitellata" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="eugeniae">
<emphasis id="0B9D2FD24F1504E95620CD37BD8D0970" italics="true">Eudrilus eugeniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is a popular vermiculture commodity in the
<collectingCountry id="354625F7D94ED4352751F317F5AD81DB" name="Philippines">Philippines</collectingCountry>
(Mapile et al. unpublished).
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. W. Spaull;
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, leg.
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. W. Spaull;
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. W. Spaull;
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Previously recorded from multiple localities near the East African Coast and the Western Indian Ocean (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="4E9E603B3DDF2A51FB6DB621C242B4C9" author="Bonato and Minelli" firstAuthor="Bonato" journalOrPublisher="Phelsuma" pagination="9-38" refId="B11" refString="Bonato L, Minelli A (2010) The geophilomorph centipedes of the Seychelles (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha). Phelsuma 18: 938." title="The geophilomorph centipedes of the Seychelles (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha)." volume="18" year="2010">Bonato and Minelli 2010</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="E61541AA160ADABDA46B80C2DE03206D" DOI="10.1080/00222933.2024.2395903" author="Popovici" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Popovici" issue="41-44" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Natural History" pagination="1885-1915" refId="B87" refString="Popovici G, Edgecombe GD, Hall DW (2024) New Chilopoda from the Chagos Archipelago. Journal of Natural History 58 (4144): 18851915. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2395903" title="New Chilopoda from the Chagos Archipelago." volume="58" year="2024">Popovici et al. 2024</bibRefCitation>
), making natural dispersal a likely explanation for the presence of
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<emphasis id="C32BF044FEBBB98CA3DD2E14CB97F866" italics="true">M. angusticeps</emphasis>
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in Aldabra. Presently examined specimens are morphologically indistinguishable from conspecifics recorded from the
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and the Chagos Islands. Although not previously noted, the forcipular cerri were found to be absent in examined specimens (Fig.
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). In combination with other diagnostic characters (47 leg-bearing segments, conspicuous medial reduction in clypeal reticulation, large distal trochanteroprefemoral denticle and sternal sulcus not furcate), this allows for easy separation from other syntopic
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within its range.
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<label id="3A748148FAE69DC1EDD4ADCC5CC505EC">Figure 11.</label>
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<emphasis id="4D7FC0CE4FC3239743CD2A53983C3A8E" bold="true">A</emphasis>
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(
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<paragraph id="07A09430B271B3EC65CAA543F50CEAF9">
<specimenCount id="255074A363B0AE7F407BC53319EA6A63" count="35" type="generic">35 specimens</specimenCount>
:
<collectionCode id="8E43710D2B244D71D3883BB1FF028A9F" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" type="Museum">NHMUK</collectionCode>
015991425,
<specimenCount id="BB2DDD67162D0E1630D802E18EEAEF7C" count="4" type="generic">4 specimens</specimenCount>
, Black Path, Picard, Summer 1975, leg.
<collectionCode id="704D31574509D5B7230A80E44DE49F97" country="Canada" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13946" name="Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium" type="Museum">V</collectionCode>
. W. Spaull;
<collectionCode id="18AB70FE85555FE57F8B2389424E9F70" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" type="Museum">NHMUK</collectionCode>
015991429,
<specimenCount id="7ABCA41733F0D786BC9F9285E3F44AC3" count="1" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
, Aldabra,
<date id="70E31A703A7A18FEB5A043794AE28940" value="1973-11-10">10. 11. 1973</date>
;
<collectionCode id="C08066C88252278754102CF02DBC5469" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" type="Museum">NHMUK</collectionCode>
015991430,
<specimenCount id="3C4E4DECB73DD1E016D61F0FB7DCCE11" count="6" type="generic">6 specimens</specimenCount>
, Point Hodoul, Grande Terre,
<date id="4884811786AA9437D8D9C9168820CA49" value="1974-03-22">22. 03. 1974</date>
;
<collectionCode id="E25977E9D4FC9438309F24153D34747D" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" type="Museum">NHMUK</collectionCode>
015991431,
<specimenCount id="5BA94DB55DF6D519B48D1E18D9A0E27C" count="2" type="generic">2 specimens</specimenCount>
, Ile. Malabar,
<date id="05468718727284E29438BC8D538554D2" value="1974-06-08">08. 06. 1974</date>
;
<collectionCode id="D6502A668C4681D039C676E1997D5213" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" type="Museum">NHMUK</collectionCode>
015991432,
<specimenCount id="14EFA1AA8C89F75628EA48FC9A27D68E" count="18" type="generic">18 specimens</specimenCount>
,
<taxonomicName id="981B9EF0B8B11B3DFD8DCAD66B613B90" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Casuarinaceae" genus="Casuarina" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="2E7BAB716F30A0BD08D98745C65AB1D6" italics="true">Casuarina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="95FF36A2F6158F8EDAD0F61A647E305B" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Sapotaceae" genus="Sideroxylon" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6D53794B94F5462CF137C1E08EA1FEB2" italics="true">Sideroxylon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
litter, Anse Cedres,
<date id="BA707682AC3B9C47A2F49710456DBF57" value="1974-02-12">12. 02. 1974</date>
;
<collectionCode id="C05F52F9285F1BA2EF8B4DB7328AC884" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34665" name="Natural History Museum, London" type="Museum">NHMUK</collectionCode>
015991433,
<specimenCount id="632D9DAE434F70A49D00F8AD307548A9" count="4" type="generic">4 specimens</specimenCount>
, Esprit,
<date id="B5BB82EC452EE135784362AAC27DD709" value="1974-12-14">14. 12. 1974</date>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EV4AE" type="remarks">
<paragraph id="7A77106DC69BA2036D059FE057B40507">
<heading id="ACFC70BB7A4B2E442386FECCF1E477B6" reason="title">Remarks.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FAA112F5E56E366B610B69F50EA72F72">
<taxonomicName id="ED2B83107BC24002BAAD4B288ADAE6A5" authorityName="Takakuwa" authorityYear="1934" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis id="CAD04A126780E6ACACEE2ABA8EA7A810" italics="true">Cryptops</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="D874F641C9B45609700E4741BE538026" italics="true">japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected in Aldabra is an unexpected occurrence for a species otherwise restricted to localities in southern
<collectingCountry id="7D523F1E61553533F7A816C0A653CA30" name="Japan">Japan</collectingCountry>
, the Korean peninsula, Manchuria (
<bibRefCitation id="B3C51C72D0C21F82DC03093F2CD801DF" author="Takakuwa" firstAuthor="Takakuwa" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society" pagination="236-241" refId="B101" refString="Takakuwa Y (1936) Über die japanischen Cryptops - Arten. Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society 14: 236241." title="Über die japanischen Cryptops - Arten." volume="14" year="1936">Takakuwa 1936</bibRefCitation>
) and
<collectingCountry id="CFAC52424002E06F9B56E2AF256363AE" name="Taiwan">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="268CE167E0DCE1916FE53E89E5BEE236" author="Chao" firstAuthor="Chao" journalOrPublisher="KG, Saarbrücken, Germany" refId="B19" refString="Chao JL (2008) Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda) of Taiwan. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft &amp; Co. KG, Saarbrücken, Germany, 94 pp." title="Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda) of Taiwan. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft &amp; Co." year="2008">Chao 2008</bibRefCitation>
). Despite the description of the morphologically similar
<taxonomicName id="A9B0B4C3EE7158B45F5A992BCC89A1F2" authority="Pocock, 1891" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1891" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="doriae">
<emphasis id="D113EC885FB52B317D79C772B81660AB" italics="true">C. doriae</emphasis>
Pocock, 1891
</taxonomicName>
from nearby localities in the
<collectingCountry id="C5383A5563E001C152F4BBA1D354E9B0" name="Seychelles">Seychelles</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="5EADDB90FDC9AA3AB7BBC40FD24AE044" author="Lewis JGE" journalOrPublisher="Phelsuma" pagination="8-25" refId="B56" refString="Lewis JGE (2007 a) Scolopendromorph centipedes from Seychelles with a review of previous records (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha). Phelsuma 15: 825." title="Scolopendromorph centipedes from Seychelles with a review of previous records (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)." volume="15">Lewis 2007 a</bibRefCitation>
), consistent diagnostic morphological characters separate these two populations. Most prominently, specimens from Aldabra only have one pretarsal accessory spur on legs 120,&gt; 1 / 2 the length of the pretarsus (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F7060297FF74CD0CCD19FE945CA96424" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Cryptops cf. japonicus Takakuwa, 1934 A, B, D NHMUK 015991433 A anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite, ventral view B Calyx of venom gland, lateral view C NHMUK 015991430, coxopleuron of ultimate leg-bearing segment, lateral view D femur, tibia, and tarsus 1 of ultimate leg telopodite, lateral view E. NHMUK 015991429, pretarsus of leg pair 8, lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1228.143007.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1257821">2 E</figureCitation>
), in contrast to
<taxonomicName id="E59C7C8853F07CD3B52318BD9A810C99" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1891" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="doriae">
<emphasis id="2E57FF73C7EE41FA946CA92C6D8D6A86" italics="true">C. doriae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the
<collectingCountry id="77CD7DDCC03068EB88728DF95D92C86E" name="Seychelles">Seychelles</collectingCountry>
which has been described with two generally subequal, conspicuous, accessory spurs that are much shorter relative to the pretarsus, on the same leg pair range (
<bibRefCitation id="311EBB73A29D2B3B1B063AB1FE1E0420" author="Lewis JGE" journalOrPublisher="Phelsuma" pagination="8-25" refId="B56" refString="Lewis JGE (2007 a) Scolopendromorph centipedes from Seychelles with a review of previous records (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha). Phelsuma 15: 825." title="Scolopendromorph centipedes from Seychelles with a review of previous records (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)." volume="15">Lewis 2007 a</bibRefCitation>
). The examined specimens agree with the description provided by
<bibRefCitation id="9AC18483573A1754F370F3348382B5C0" author="Chao JL" firstAuthor="Chao" journalOrPublisher="KG, Saarbrücken, Germany" refId="B19" refString="Chao JL (2008) Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda) of Taiwan. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft &amp; Co. KG, Saarbrücken, Germany, 94 pp." title="Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda) of Taiwan. VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft &amp; Co." year="2008">Chao (2008)</bibRefCitation>
based on specimens collected in
<collectingCountry id="1EE7C6905DFC60BA4D904F5C3307084A" name="Taiwan">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
, in which he notes the low number of coxopleural pores (9) in the immature (“ larva ”) stages, which overlaps with the condition of Aldabra specimens (Fig.
<figureCitation id="00AA51DBDDEB4336AFF4665AA5FC4CB8" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Cryptops cf. japonicus Takakuwa, 1934 A, B, D NHMUK 015991433 A anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite, ventral view B Calyx of venom gland, lateral view C NHMUK 015991430, coxopleuron of ultimate leg-bearing segment, lateral view D femur, tibia, and tarsus 1 of ultimate leg telopodite, lateral view E. NHMUK 015991429, pretarsus of leg pair 8, lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1228.143007.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1257821">2 C</figureCitation>
), the presence of 4 setae along the anterior margin of the forcipular coxosternite (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3E1D1CEBEEB35E1E51150674798C1B8B" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Cryptops cf. japonicus Takakuwa, 1934 A, B, D NHMUK 015991433 A anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite, ventral view B Calyx of venom gland, lateral view C NHMUK 015991430, coxopleuron of ultimate leg-bearing segment, lateral view D femur, tibia, and tarsus 1 of ultimate leg telopodite, lateral view E. NHMUK 015991429, pretarsus of leg pair 8, lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1228.143007.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1257821">2 A</figureCitation>
), and the ovoid shape of the calyx of the venom gland (Fig.
<figureCitation id="37DC2C889BC12152DDA20989FD6DCE62" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Cryptops cf. japonicus Takakuwa, 1934 A, B, D NHMUK 015991433 A anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite, ventral view B Calyx of venom gland, lateral view C NHMUK 015991430, coxopleuron of ultimate leg-bearing segment, lateral view D femur, tibia, and tarsus 1 of ultimate leg telopodite, lateral view E. NHMUK 015991429, pretarsus of leg pair 8, lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1228.143007.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1257821">2 B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B4F5E895D200A07E4E1B8C12AD919D6F">
<label id="9C5AD4BB7285367EAF199341F4C7C06E">Figure 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="54903A52062B19C80DC8CBAF4C30C376">
<taxonomicName id="3AC8DFB449EC21C3F0F82B5283522F59" authority="Takakuwa, 1934" authorityName="Takakuwa" authorityYear="1934" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" isUncertain="true" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis id="FEB52ABC8108E60AB33C35BB36DAFB61" italics="true">Cryptops</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="BEE562F2FB541AC6F7DB395EDDAD1876" italics="true">japonicus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="15261A89CB257BDBF90C5259033673F7" author="Takakuwa Y" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society" pagination="398-406" refId="B100" refString="Takakuwa Y (1934) Sechs neue Arten der Chilopoden aus Japan. Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society 13: 398-406." title="Sechs neue Arten der Chilopoden aus Japan." volume="13" year="1934">Takakuwa, 1934</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="3DB04C087A9FA52246A7B96EFCD706AA" bold="true">A, B, D</emphasis>
NHMUK 015991433
<emphasis id="D6573F4F183950A460C52DB082E88FE4" bold="true">A</emphasis>
anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite, ventral view
<emphasis id="B35D6D6A3F2B5AB41F78DD7532F69A5A" bold="true">B</emphasis>
Calyx of venom gland, lateral view
<emphasis id="8A66A79CF7287780CD40467D23AB06B2" bold="true">C</emphasis>
NHMUK 015991430, coxopleuron of ultimate leg-bearing segment, lateral view
<emphasis id="FFF2B79C68504860094650F39ED3428A" bold="true">D</emphasis>
femur, tibia, and tarsus 1 of ultimate leg telopodite, lateral view
<emphasis id="AAB011829A99BCDFA07777A23E0AA5FD" bold="true">E</emphasis>
. NHMUK 015991429, pretarsus of leg pair 8, lateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="3B5EEBF3A337B1A7FCC1DD3539758F03">
All specimens from Aldabra Atoll range from
<quantity id="00B7EF899ABD6AA63246C61C8333CA6E" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.5" metricValueMax="10.0" metricValueMin="3.0" unit="mm" value="6.5" valueMax="10.0" valueMin="3.0">310 mm</quantity>
and exhibit several traits characteristic of juvenile specimens including reduced number of pores on the coxopleuron, indistinct paramedian sutures on tergites, and a reduced number of tibial and tarsal saw teeth (Fig.
<figureCitation id="3B058BF429A0A3CADD1E2833A3196FD7" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Cryptops cf. japonicus Takakuwa, 1934 A, B, D NHMUK 015991433 A anterior margin of forcipular coxosternite, ventral view B Calyx of venom gland, lateral view C NHMUK 015991430, coxopleuron of ultimate leg-bearing segment, lateral view D femur, tibia, and tarsus 1 of ultimate leg telopodite, lateral view E. NHMUK 015991429, pretarsus of leg pair 8, lateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1228.143007.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1257821">2 D</figureCitation>
). Following clearing, no spermatozoa or oocytes could be observed in the posterior trunk of specimens. Without additional sampling to confirm the condition of adult specimens it is not possible to comment on the presence or absence of sexually mature adults in the present sample. Introduced populations of
<taxonomicName id="9ED3A56EBEC98BF852420502931C3507" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1891" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="doriae">
<emphasis id="EF24A9E30A9AAEB852D9D28C285AEBF6" italics="true">C. doriae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been described bearing similar neotenic characteristics (reduced body size, number of coxal pores, number of saw teeth), even in sexually mature adults (
<bibRefCitation id="9AC438E6A0A8C6FD233CFBBED630F239" author="Lewis JGE" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group" pagination="12-16" refId="B57" refString="Lewis JGE (2007 b) : On Cryptops doriae Pocock, from the wet tropical biome of the Eden Project, Cornwall (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Cryptopidae). Bulletin of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group 22: 1216." title=": On Cryptops doriae Pocock, from the wet tropical biome of the Eden Project, Cornwall (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Cryptopidae)." volume="22">Lewis 2007 b</bibRefCitation>
), potentially explaining the morphology of the Aldabra specimens in light of possible introduction to the atoll. Nevertheless, in the absence of additional material and molecular data, our assignment to
<taxonomicName id="7827A7B0A2DEECFDBB0D5FA670CC747B" authorityName="Takakuwa" authorityYear="1934" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis id="B0EF5D25BE55A58C99318B951BD58246" italics="true">Cryptops japonicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is only tentative. The status and relationships of different populations identified as
<taxonomicName id="00E07850308FD19E592025E5F09179D9" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1891" class="Chilopoda" family="Cryptopidae" genus="Cryptops" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="doriae">
<emphasis id="B3D00BC17FF5F15FA01D8179E5403596" italics="true">C. doriae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and related taxa remains to be clarified.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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