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Setae closely paired:
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&gt; 141). Body ovoid in cross-section anteriorly, ventrally flattened at the clitellum, quadrangular in cross-section posterior to clitellum. Anus as a dorsal slit. Preserved specimens with a pale whitish coloration, clitellum darker than body, pinkish. Cuticle with a strong purple iridescence. Prostomium zygolobic. Dorsal pores absent or present pre- and postclitellum, rudimentary. Spermathecal pores in 6/78/9 between
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, small or inconspicuous. Female pores minute in xiv, anterior to
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, conspicuous, ventral to nephridiopore. Male pores lateral to
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in xix (n = 3) or xviii (n = 1), equatorial or nearly so, within the tubercula pubertatis. Clitellum in xvxxv, xxvi, xxvii saddle-shaped. Tubercula pubertatis continuous (1/n) xvii, xviixxii, ventral limit in
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Prostate-like pores in xxiiixxvi next to
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Nephridiopores anterior to
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, starting in segment xiii, very small. First setae in ii, lumbricine, closely paired. In x
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= 5.63:1.25:8. 88:1.00:10.82, in xxx = 6.13:1.00:8.63:1.00:10.69. Setae
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not visible in clitellum. Secondary annulation absent. Genital tumescences surrounding
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or
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paired surrounding
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in x; in the other specimen, unpaired surrounding left
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in x, and right
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in ix. Genital pads present in xxvii or xxviixxviii, extending to
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Post-setal dark spots visible, minute at the mid-lateral line, in a regular line in ixiv. Dorsal pit in the equator of the peristomium.
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Septa 7/88/9 only slightly thickened. Pharynx ends in iv, joining a small esophagus. Intestine originates abruptly in ix. Intestinal caeca, typhlosole, calciferous glands, and gizzard absent. Paired spermathecae in viiix, without diverticulum. Spermathecal structure well differentiated into ampulla and duct, all similar size. Duct about as long as or longer than the ampulla, tubular. Ampulla globular, with lateral annulations, ellipsoidal or elongated, and with a digitiform tip. Duct connects to the intersegmental furrow level with setal line
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:
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<emphasis id="B978EAF8B041A64BFEF5B074E101B149" box="[322,626,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="394">Sparganophilus williamsae</emphasis>
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resembles
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<emphasis id="B978EAF8B041A64BFCF9B074E0B3B149" box="[846,960,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="394">S. jenkinsi</emphasis>
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in having the clitellum in xvxxv, xxvi, xxvii and xvxxvii (respectively), and prostate-like glands in xxiiixxv, xxvi.
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<emphasis id="B978EAF8B041A64BFBDFB050E6EFB115" box="[1128,1436,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="394">Sparganophilus williamsae</emphasis>
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differs from
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on having the tubercula pubertatis ventral limit level with
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, the tubercula pubertatis in xvii xxii [vs. (1/n)xvii, xviiixxii], and having dorsal pores. Like
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<emphasis id="B978EAF8B041A64BFC80B018E0DBB1DD" box="[823,936,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="394">S. jenkinsi</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B978EAF8B041A64BFC02B018E73AB1DD" box="[949,1097,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="394">S. williamsae</emphasis>
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also resembles
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<emphasis id="B978EAF8B041A64BFB4FB018E614B1DC" box="[1272,1383,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="394">S. tamesis</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B978EAF8B041A64BFF20B0E4E270B1F9" box="[151,259,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="394">S. wilmae</emphasis>
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, but
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<emphasis id="B978EAF8B041A64BFE8EB0E4E2BFB1F9" box="[313,460,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="394">S. williamsae</emphasis>
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differs from these on the number and location of their genital tumescences, occasionally having dorsal pores, and size.
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<emphasis id="B978EAF8B041A64BFE47B0C0E051B185" box="[496,802,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="394">Sparganophilus williamsae</emphasis>
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further differs from
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<emphasis id="B978EAF8B041A64BFBB8B0C0E70EB185" box="[1039,1149,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="394">S. wilmae</emphasis>
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on having their prostate-like glands (xxivxxviii in
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<emphasis id="B978EAF8B041A64BFE71B0ACE140B1A1" box="[454,563,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="394">S. wilmae</emphasis>
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), and the location of its tubercula pubertatis (xixxxiii in
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<emphasis id="B978EAF8B041A64BFB0CB0ACE65BB1A1" box="[1211,1320,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="394">S. wilmae</emphasis>
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).
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Even though one of the specimens collected at the Calhoun Experimental Forest site (GTIC-11477) and another from Scull Shoals Experimental Forest site (GTIC-11487) are strongly divergent from those used as our
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material (see tree in
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), we decided to keep both specimens within
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<emphasis id="B978EAF8B041A64BFC2DB330E740B235" box="[922,1075,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="394">S. williamsae</emphasis>
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since no strong morphological difference could be detected, except for a slightly wider genital pad, and paired genital markings in x on
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(GTIC-11477), and unpaired surrounding
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in ix and x in the other (GTIC-11482). Future collections should be made to confirm their identity.
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