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
).