Sylphellapuccoon gen. n., sp. n. and two additional new species of aquatic oligochaetes (Lumbriculidae, Clitellata) from poorly-known lotic habitats in North Carolina (USA)
Author
Rodriguez, Pilar
Author
Fend, Steven V.
Author
Lenat, David R.
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ZooKeys
2014
451
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.451.7304
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.451.7304
1313-2970-451-1
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Taxon classification Animalia Lumbriculida Lumbriculidae
Sylphella
gen. n.
Diagnosis of the genus
Sylphella
gen. n.
Simple-pointed chaetae. Two pairs of testes and one pair of ovaries. Ovaries in first segment behind testes. Male pores paired in X and XI, female pores paired in the intersegment 12/13. Male ducts prosoporous. Atrial duct forms a penis within a penial sac, distally covered by a cuticular sheath. Two pairs of spermathecae, beginning in the ovarian segment.
Type species.
Sylphella puccoon
sp. n.