Records of Naididae and Lumbriculidae (Clitellata) from Tibet, China, with description of a new species of Nais
Author
Cui, Yongde
Author
He, Xuebao
Author
Peng, Yu
Author
Wang, Hongzhu
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Zootaxa
2015
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3956.4.4
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20.
Limnodrilus profundicola
(Verrill, 1871)
(
Figure 7
)
Limnodrilus helveticus
Piguet.
Liang 1962
: 23
–24.
Limnodrilus profundicola
(Verrill)
.
He 2011
: 107
–108.
Material.
Lake Yamzhao Yumco, shoreline, ST53, 1 mature specimen, mounted in
Canada
balsam (dissected). In 10% formalin: Yarlung Zangbu River, ST1, 2 spms; ST2, 1 spm. Lake Namco, ST56, 2 spms.
Description
. Length
19 mm
, width 1.0 mm anteriorly, 0.5 mm posteriorly, 57 segments. Prostomium conical. Coelomocytes absent. No hairs. Ventral and dorsal chaetae all the same shape, distal teeth shorter or equal to proximal, nodulus distal. In anterior segments dorsally and ventrally
6–9 and 6–11
chaetae per bundle, respectively, 4–7 per bundle posteriorly. Vasa deferentia (
Fig. 7
B, vd) long, 23–30 Μm wide, 5–8 Μm wall thick, with cilia. Atrium (
Fig. 7
B, at) of fusiform shape, 55 Μm wide, 238 Μm long, about
4x
as wide as long. Prostate gland (
Fig. 7
B, pr) large, solid, lobulated, attached to middle portion of atrium. Ejaculatory ducts (
Fig. 7
B, ed) present, 15–25 Μm wide. Penis sheath (
Fig. 7
B, ps) cylindrical, 65 Μm wide at proximal base, 290 Μm long,
5x
as long as wide, thick-walled. Penis sheath widest at proximal base, gradually narrowing distally, narrowest in the middle, slightly wider at the distal top; distal end expanding abruptly to form a head of circular form, which is generally reflected back over the tube. Spermathecae (
Fig. 7
A, sa) paired in X, pear-shaped. Spermatozeugmata (
Fig. 7
A, sz) worm-like, 4 of them in ampulla. Duct (
Fig. 7
A, sd) short, expanded in the middle (
Fig. 7
A, sv), with fine sperm bundles in the cavity (
Fig. 7
A, sb).
FIGURE 7.
Limnodrilus profundicola
(Verrill, 1871)
. A. Spermatheca. B. Male duct. Scale bar 80 Μm.
Remarks.
This species was recorded as
Limnodrilus helveticus
in Heilongjiang, Xinjiang, Qinghai Province in
China
(
Liang 1962
;
Wang & Cui 2007
). Following
Brinkhurst & Jamieson (1971)
,
L. helveticus
is a junior synonym of
L. profundicola
; hence the record of
L. helveticus
recorded in
Liang (1962)
should be changed to
Limnodrilus profundicola
. Our material agrees with previous descriptions (
Brinkhurst & Jamieson 1971
;
Hrabě 1979
;
Timm 1999
), notably in the shape of the penial sheaths, being
5x
as long as wide and with mushroom-like distal end. First record from Tibet.