An annotated key separating foreign earthworm species from the indigenous South African taxa (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Microchaetidae, Ocnerodrilidae and Tritogeniidae)
Author
Plisko, Jadwiga D.
Author
Nxele, Thembeka C.
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African Invertebrates
2015
2015-12-29
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http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.5733/afin.056.0312
journal article
10.5733/afin.056.0312
2305-2562
Nematogenia lacuum
(Beddard, 1893)
Description: Length
25 mm
. Grey to slightly brown. Nephropores inconspicuous. Clitellum saddle-shaped on ½13–½26. Septa 5/6–9/10 thickened. Gizzards in segments 6 and 7. Paired calciferous glands in 9. Nephridia avesiculate, first pair in 6. Proandric. Seminal vesicles paired in 12. Spermathecae paired, in 9; duct longer than ampulla. Prostates long.
Notes
: Noted only twice in
RSA
, on both occasions in garden soil (Zicsi 1998).