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asl, Mindanao Island,
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asl., coll. Nonillon Aspe and J. Adeva,
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<emphasis id="E198EA83FF96FF85FF0AFA11E441B8DC" bold="true" box="[199,334,1482,1507]" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species is named after Julius Adeva, who assisted in the fieldwork.
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<emphasis id="E198EA83FF96FF85FF0AFA35E44EBB38" bold="true" box="[199,321,1518,1543]" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Slender brown worm reaching
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in adult length; four pairs of spermathecal pores in 5/ 68/9; space between spermathecal pores wider than space between male pores; first dorsal pore at 12/13; intestinal origin in mid-xv; prostates in xviii to xix; caeca extending from xxvii to xxiii.
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<emphasis id="E198EA83FF96FF85FF0AF981E456BB4C" bold="true" box="[199,345,1626,1651]" pageId="23" pageNumber="424">Description.</emphasis>
In living animals, dorsum brown, darker anteriorly; equators pigmented. Length
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at x,
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at xx; body cylindrical in cross-section; 8399 segments. First dorsal pore at 12/13; spermathecal pores at 5/6/7/8/9, 0.25 circumference apart ventrally; female pore single in xiv; openings of copulatory bursae paired in xviii, 0.16 circumference apart ventrally, 37 setae between openings. Clitellum annular, extending from xiv to xvi. Setae unevenly distributed, 3237 setae on vii, 3639 setae on xx, no dorsal or ventral gaps.
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5/6/7/8 and
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muscular, 8/9 present ventrally, 9/10 absent. Dense tufts of nephridia on anterior faces of 5/6 and 6/7; nephridia of intestinal segments located mainly on body wall at anterior and posterior faces of septa, at septum/body wall junction. Large gizzard in ix to x; esophagus with low vertical lamellae extending from x to xiii; intestine originates in mid-xv; caeca originate in xxvii, extend forward to xxiii, with smooth, simple ventral margin; typhlosole rudimentary; intestinal wall with 3438 longitudinal blood vessels.
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<paragraph id="D3533691FF99FF8AFF0AFF43E760BDC7" blockId="24.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Hearts in x to xiii, esophageal; commissural vessels in vi, vii, and ix lateral; those in viii extend to gizzard; supra-esophageal vessel extends from x to xv; extra-esophageal vessels join ventral esophageal wall in x, receive efferent parieto-esophageal vessels in xiii.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFDC0FDB7E744BFBA" bold="true" box="[525,587,620,645]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">n. sp.</emphasis>
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synonymized 15 species under the name
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, all characterized by having either 4 or 5 pairs of spermathecal pores, located in 5/68/9, with an optional fifth pair in 4/5. Incongruently,
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, described nominal
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<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFC8BFD02E6E2BFCF" box="[838,1005,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. darnleiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Darmaga,
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, to have 4 pairs of spermathecal pores, from 4/57/8. Blakemore
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFD37FD26E63DBE2B" box="[762,818,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">et al.</emphasis>
(2007) further expanded the synonymy to include very large worms (about
<quantity id="14149B74FF99FF8AFEB8FCFBE4DDBE08" box="[373,466,800,824]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.0" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" unit="mm" value="700.0">700 mm</quantity>
long) from Mt. Kinabalu and Borneo, and possibly some of the
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFB57FCFBE05ABE07" box="[1178,1365,800,824]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="dubia">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFB57FCFBE05ABE07" box="[1178,1365,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Pheretima dubia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group (three pairs of spermathecae viiix). After examining several of the species included in the synonymy of
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFA4AFC9EE747BEBF" authority="Hong &amp; James" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2011" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="darnleiensis">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFA4AFC9EE42FBEBF" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. darnleiensis</emphasis>
,
<bibRefCitation id="B77D4B60FF99FF8AFEF9FCB3E747BEBF" author="Hong" box="[308,584,872,896]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" refString="Hong, Y. &amp; James, S. W. (2011 a) New species of Pheretima, Pithemera, and Polypheretima (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Kalbaryo, Luzon Island, Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 59, 19 - 28." type="journal article" year="2011" yearSuffix="a">Hong &amp; James (2011a)</bibRefCitation>
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suggested that species-level differences had been ignored, or had been discounted against the large number of spermathecae. They argued that the synonymy was excessive and buried significant morphological and geographical diversity in an increasingly meaningless concept of
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<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFB20FC6AE1F4BEF7" box="[1261,1275,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFAC1FC6BE09ABEF7" box="[1292,1429,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">darnleiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and concluded that it is not probably useful to place into synonymy morphologically distinguishable taxa of greatly differing sizes. In any case, synonymy decisions in the
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFCD9FC22E6B4B92F" box="[788,955,1016,1040]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="darnleiensis">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFCD9FC22E6B4B92F" box="[788,955,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. darnleiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group need to be reviewed, and the issue needs to be addressed with both morphological and molecular data.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D3533691FF99FF8AFF0AFB9BE70EB80F" blockId="24.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFF0AFB9BE483B967" box="[199,396,1088,1112]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="adevai" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFF0AFB9BE483B967" box="[199,396,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Pheretima adevai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFE5EFBE4E4DEB967" bold="true" box="[403,465,1087,1112]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFE12FB9AE734B967" box="[479,571,1088,1112]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="lluchi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFE12FB9AE734B967" box="[479,571,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. lluchi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="FAAB57F8FF99FF8AFD8CFBE4E770B967" box="[577,639,1087,1112]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" rank="species">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFD8CFBE4E770B967" bold="true" box="[577,639,1087,1112]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, and
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFD70FB9AE675B968" box="[701,890,1088,1112]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="potonganensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFD70FB9AE675B968" box="[701,890,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. potonganensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="FAAB57F8FF99FF8AFC4CFBE4E6B0B967" box="[897,959,1087,1112]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" rank="species">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFC4CFBE4E6B0B967" bold="true" box="[897,959,1087,1112]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
(see below) at Mt. Malindang are the only species in the
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFE8CFBBEE4E6B943" box="[321,489,1124,1148]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="darnleiensis">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFE8CFBBEE4E6B943" box="[321,489,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. darnleiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group presently known from Mindanao Island.
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFBD3FBBFE1E8B943" box="[1054,1255,1124,1148]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="adevai">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFBD3FBBFE1E8B943" box="[1054,1255,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Pheretima adevai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFA4AFBBEE42FB99F" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="darnleiensis">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFA4AFBBEE42FB99F" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. darnleiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the location of the first dorsal pore, the spacing between the spermathecal pores and between the male pores, and the number of setae between the male pores (
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).
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFC0EFB77E186B9FB" box="[963,1161,1196,1220]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="adevai">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFC0EFB77E186B9FB" box="[963,1161,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Pheretima adevai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFAECFB76E072B9FB" box="[1313,1405,1196,1220]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="lluchi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFAECFB76E072B9FB" box="[1313,1405,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. lluchi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="FAAB57F8FF99FF8AFA48FB77E5B7B9D7" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" rank="species">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFA48FB77E5B7B9D7" bold="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
in size and in the origin of the gizzard, but the two differ in the location of the first dorsal pore, the spermathecal and male pore spacings, the origin of the intestine, the number of intestinal vessels, and the extent of the prostates and copulatory bursae (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D3533691FF99FF8AFF0AFAE7E6EBBA73" blockId="24.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">
Seven species in the
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFE63FAE7E738B86B" box="[430,567,1340,1364]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="darnleiensis">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFE63FAE7E738B86B" box="[430,567,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">darnleiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group were recently described from Luzon (
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFBE5FAE6E093B86B" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2008" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2008" box="[1064,1436,1340,1365]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="cabigati">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFBE5FAE6E190B86B" box="[1064,1183,1340,1364]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. cabigati</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="B77D4B60FF99FF8AFB68FAE6E093B86B" author="Hong" box="[1189,1436,1340,1365]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" refString="Hong, Y. &amp; James, S. W. (2008 a) Nine new species of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) of the Banaue rice terraces, Philippines. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 115, 341 - 354." type="journal article" year="2008" yearSuffix="a">Hong &amp; James, 2008a</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from Banaue;
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFE80FABAE4E2B848" box="[333,493,1376,1400]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="pugnatoris">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFE80FABAE4E2B848" box="[333,493,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. pugnatoris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFDF4FABAE6FAB847" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2010" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2010" box="[569,1013,1376,1401]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="tabukensis">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFDF4FABAE7DAB847" box="[569,725,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. tabukensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="B77D4B60FF99FF8AFD25FABAE6FAB847" author="Hong" box="[744,1013,1376,1401]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" refString="Hong, Y. &amp; James, S. W. (2010) Six new earthworms of the genus Pheretima (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Balbalan- Balbalasang, Kalinga Province, the Philippines. Zoological Studies, 49, 523 - 533." type="journal article" year="2010">Hong &amp; James, 2010</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from Kalinga;
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFB0FFABAE061B848" box="[1218,1390,1376,1400]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="margaritata">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFB0FFABAE061B848" box="[1218,1390,1376,1400]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. margaritata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFA4AFABAE44EB8A3" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="kalbaryonensis">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFA4AFABAE44EB8A3" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. kalbaryonensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFE4DFA5EE4C3B8A3" box="[384,460,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. t h ai i</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="B77D4B60FF99FF8AFE1AFA5EE7DDB8A3" author="Hong" box="[471,722,1412,1437]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" refString="Hong, Y. &amp; James, S. W. (2011 a) New species of Pheretima, Pithemera, and Polypheretima (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Kalbaryo, Luzon Island, Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 59, 19 - 28." type="journal article" year="2011" yearSuffix="a">Hong &amp; James, 2011a</bibRefCitation>
from Kalbaryo; and
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFC0DFA5EE051B8A2" authority="Hong &amp; James, 2011" authorityName="Hong &amp; James" authorityYear="2011" box="[960,1374,1412,1437]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="barligensis">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFC0DFA5EE156B8A3" box="[960,1113,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. barligensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="B77D4B60FF99FF8AFBACFA5EE051B8A2" author="Hong" box="[1121,1374,1412,1437]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" refString="Hong, Y. &amp; James, S. W. (2011 b) New earthworm species of the genus Pheretima (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) from Mountain Province, Philippines. Journal of Natural History, 45, 1769 - 1788. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933.2011.560726" type="journal article" year="2011" yearSuffix="b">Hong &amp; James, 2011b</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from Mountain. Province), aside from three other species placed synonymy (
<bibRefCitation id="B77D4B60FF99FF8AFC76FA7CE1A9B8FF" author="Sims" box="[955,1190,1447,1472]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" refString="Sims, R. &amp; Easton, E. (1972) A numerical revision of the earthworm genus Pheretima with the recognition of new genera and an appendix on the earthworms collected by the Royal Society North Borneo Expedition. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 4, 169 - 268. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1095 - 8312.1972. tb 00694. x" type="journal article" year="1972">Sims &amp; Easton 1972</bibRefCitation>
) with
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFB22FA72E09BB8FF" box="[1263,1428,1448,1472]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="darnleiensis">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFB22FA72E09BB8FF" box="[1263,1428,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">P. darnleiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFF5AFA17E4C2B8DB" authority="Rosa, 1898" authorityName="Rosa" authorityYear="1898" box="[151,461,1484,1508]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Perichaeta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="belli">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFF5AFA17E445B8DB" box="[151,330,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Perichaeta belli</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="B77D4B60FF99FF8AFE9DFA16E4C2B8DB" author="Rosa" box="[336,461,1484,1508]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" refString="Rosa, D. (1898) On some new earthworms in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2, 276 - 290. [Series 7]" type="journal article" year="1898">Rosa, 1898</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
from Mindoro Island;
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFD06FA17E157B8DB" authority="Beddard, 1912" authorityName="Beddard" authorityYear="1912" box="[715,1112,1484,1509]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Perichaeta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="vaillanti">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFD06FA17E6A6B8DB" box="[715,937,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Perichaeta vaillanti</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="B77D4B60FF99FF8AFC7DFA17E157B8DB" author="Beddard" box="[944,1112,1484,1509]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" refString="Beddard, F. E. (1912) The Oligochaeta terricolae of the Philippines. Part 1. The genus Pheretima. Philippine Journal of Science, 7, 79 - 203. [series D]" type="journal article" year="1912">Beddard, 1912</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; and
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFB5CFA17E430BB37" authority="Beddard, 1912" authorityName="Beddard" authorityYear="1912" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Pheretima" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="benguetensis">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFB5CFA17E093B8DB" box="[1169,1436,1484,1508]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Pheretima benguetensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="B77D4B60FF99FF8AFF5AFA34E430BB37" author="Beddard" box="[151,319,1519,1544]" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" refString="Beddard, F. E. (1912) The Oligochaeta terricolae of the Philippines. Part 1. The genus Pheretima. Philippine Journal of Science, 7, 79 - 203. [series D]" type="journal article" year="1912">Beddard, 1912</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFE84FA2BE4F3BB37" box="[329,508,1520,1544]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Perichaeta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="belli">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFE84FA2BE4F3BB37" box="[329,508,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Perichaeta belli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is
<quantity id="14149B74FF99FF8AFDD1FA34E764BB38" box="[540,619,1519,1544]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.5" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" unit="mm" value="75.0">75 mm</quantity>
long, has zebra-like brown bands dorsally, has 48 setae in vii, has 8 setae between the male pores, and has very short caeca in xxvixxv.
<taxonomicName id="14EC4D12FF99FF8AFCABF9CFE176BB13" box="[870,1145,1556,1580]" class="Clitellata" family="Megascolecidae" genus="Perichaeta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Opisthopora" pageId="24" pageNumber="425" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="benguetensis">
<emphasis id="E198EA83FF99FF8AFCABF9CFE176BB13" box="[870,1145,1556,1580]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="425">Perichaeta benguetensis</emphasis>
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is
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in length, has purplish blue pigmentation, has the first dorsal pore in 7/8, and lacks seta in
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. These features differ markedly from those in
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. Length and other pertinent characters in
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Pe.
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are unavailable for comparison with the other species. Among recently described species,
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and
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are most similar to
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in size and in the origin of the intestine (xv), but differ from
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in the location of the first dorsal pore (9/
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; 11/
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), in the number of setae on vii (
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;
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), in lacking a septum in 8/9, in the origin of the gizzard in viii, and in the length of the caeca (xviixxv and xxviixxiv in
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, respectively). In addition,
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has the male pores closer together than in
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, and a shorter prostate than in
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.
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was the most abundant species at Malindang, comprising 19.4% of all individuals collected (Table 1). Although we detected it in disturbed habitat in Brgy Small Potongan at
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elevation, it was most common in Brgy Lake Duminagat at elevations of
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. It mostly inhabited soil, but some individuals were collected on rotten logs and other substrates above ground (Table 1).
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