New Ocnerodrilidae genera, species and records from Brazil (Annelida: Crassiclitellata) Author James, Samuel W. Maharishi International University, Fairfield, IA, USA. Author Bartz, Marie L. C. Municipal Center for Culture and Development (CMCD), Centre for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture, Zona Industrial, 6060 - 182, Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal. & Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal. Author Brown, George G. Embrapa Forestry, Estrada da Ribeira, km. 111, Colombo, PR, Brazil, 83411 - 000. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-03-15 5255 1 235 269 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.22 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.22 1175-5326 DBD05E4F-4AE9-4139-B002-E38A668271E1 Genus Kerriona Michaelsen, 1924 Type species : Kerriona luederwaldti Michaelsen, 1924 Diagnosis: Ocnerodrilidae with acanthodriline male terminalia, proandric, lacking gizzards, extramural calciferous glands paired in segment ix, setae at least partly widely paired. The genus is endemic to Brazil , and includes nine taxa, counting the previously described species K. luederwaldti , K. lima Righi, 1980 and K. garbei Michaelsen, 1924 ( Christoffersen 2008 ), and the six new species described herein, although several additional new species have been found recently (e.g., Ferreira et al. 2023 ), and will be described in the near future. Habitats, as far as is known, can be semi-aquatic, terrestrial or in bromeliad leaf axils, within the Atlantic Forest and Pampa bioregions of Brazil ( Ferreira et al . 2023 ; Gillanders et al . 2023 ).