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<emphasis id="EE9E1D58FFF9793ED50DFA5CFF79FA75" bold="true" box="[113,241,1469,1493]" pageId="1" pageNumber="358">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named after Apong, a nobleman of whom the name of Mt. Apo was said to have derived from.
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<emphasis id="EE9E1D58FFF9793ED50DF9FCFF6EF995" bold="true" box="[113,230,1565,1589]" pageId="1" pageNumber="358">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Reddish brown worm with body dimension
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×
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; one pair of spermathecal pores at 7/8; pairs of genital markings in viii and in ix, those in viii closely positioned to the spermathecal pores; pairs of genital markings in xviii and xix, those in xviii presetal, medial to male pores, those in xix mid-ventral on setal line; male sexual system proandric; spermatheca with a small and round ampulla; single, dense, racemose prostates in xvii to xviii.
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Reddish brown dorsum, lighter ventrum, equators pigmented. Length
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at x,
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(0.12 circumference apart ventrally), seven setae between male pores. Clitellum annular, from xiv to xvi. Setae unevenly distributed around equators in some segments; 44 setae on vii, 52 setae on xx, dorsal and ventral setal gaps present. Pairs of genital markings in viii and in ix, those in viii closely positioned to the spermathecal pores; pairs of genital markings in xviii and xix, those in xviii presetal, medial to male pores, those in xix mid-ventral on setal line.
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<emphasis id="EE9E1D58FFF9793ED651FAFCFC11FA95" bold="true" box="[813,921,1309,1333]" pageId="1" pageNumber="358">Remarks.</emphasis>
Currently, there is a total of 17 species of
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is similar to
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<emphasis id="EE9E1D58FFF9793ED6EEFA5FFBC9FA75" box="[914,1089,1469,1493]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="358">A. philippinensis</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="EE9E1D58FFF9793ED040FA5FFA22FA75" box="[1340,1450,1469,1493]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="358">A. heaneyi</emphasis>
(James, 2004)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="1BEABAC9FFF9793ED688FA3FFA23FA55" authority="(Aspe &amp; James, 2016)" baseAuthorityName="Aspe &amp; James" baseAuthorityYear="2016" box="[1012,1451,1501,1525]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Amynthas" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="1" pageNumber="358" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="cagdianaoensis">
<emphasis id="EE9E1D58FFF9793ED688FA3FFB30FA55" box="[1012,1208,1501,1525]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="358">A. cagdianaoensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="B87BBCBBFFF9793ED1B9FA3CFA2CFA55" author="Aspe NM &amp; James SW" box="[1221,1444,1501,1525]" pageId="1" pageNumber="358" pagination="8" refId="ref14648" refString="Aspe NM &amp; James SW (2016) New species of Pheretima, Amynthas, Polypheretima, and Pithemera (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mindanao and associated islands, Philippines. Zoological Studies, 55: 8. doi: 10.6620 / ZS. 2016.55 - 08." type="journal article" year="2016">Aspe &amp; James, 2016</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
in having only one pair. However,
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<emphasis id="EE9E1D58FFF9793ED1D7FA1FFAE8F9B5" box="[1195,1376,1533,1557]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="358">A. philippinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has its pair of spermathecal pores at 4/5 while
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<emphasis id="EE9E1D58FFF9793ED199F9FFFA23F995" box="[1253,1451,1565,1589]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="358">A. cagdianaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has its pair at 8/9.
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<emphasis id="EE9E1D58FFF9793ED174F9DCFB71F9F5" box="[1032,1273,1597,1621]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="358">Amynthas apongensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most similar to
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<emphasis id="EE9E1D58FFF9793ED637F9BFFC36F9D5" box="[843,958,1629,1653]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="358">A. heaneyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the location of the spermathecal pores, in the shape of the spermathecae and in having a proandric male sexual system. However,
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<emphasis id="EE9E1D58FFF9793ED100F97FFB65F915" box="[1148,1261,1693,1717]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="358">A. heaneyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is larger (
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), has dark gray to black pigmentation, has wider distance between the male pores (0.140.16 circumference apart), and has a different pattern of genital markings (James, 2004).
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