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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE12E145A8E3F9EE6761F91F" bold="true" box="[160,262,1675,1698]" pageId="33" pageNumber="766">Figure 12.</emphasis>
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(a) External ventral view. (b) Internal dorsal view.Abbreviations: fp, female pores; gm, genital markings; mp, male pores; p, prostate gland; sv, seminal vesicles.
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146A8E3FFEB677AFF15" bold="true" box="[160,285,142,168]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Etymology</emphasis>
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Brown worm with adult length
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Light brown dorsum, pale ventrum, segment equators unpigmented. Length
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</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146A8E3FB816761FB43" bold="true" box="[160,262,1252,1278]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Remarks</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146A8E3FA6267C5FA9D" box="[160,418,1287,1312]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Polypheretima jenniferae</emphasis>
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belongs to the
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146AAEBFA62654CFA9D" box="[680,811,1287,1312]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. elongata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group of
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. Among the members of
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146A9EDFA4F6455FAFE" box="[430,562,1322,1347]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. elongata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group,
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146AACBFA4F6572FAFE" box="[648,789,1322,1347]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. jenniferae</emphasis>
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is relatively similar to
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146AC20FA4F677AFADB" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. victoriaensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146A9E4FA286420FADB" box="[423,583,1357,1382]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. irawanensis</emphasis>
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in pigmentation,in length and in the number of segments (
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). However, the new species is thinner (
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vs
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in
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146AC20FA0A677AFA16" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. victoriaensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146A9E9FAF7642CFA16" box="[426,587,1426,1451]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. irawanensis</emphasis>
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), has fewer setae on vii and xx (4364, 5374 vs 9198, 77
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146A929FAD06469FA73" box="[362,526,1461,1486]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. victoriaensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146AAD8FAD0655BFA73" box="[667,828,1461,1486]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. irawanensis</emphasis>
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), has genital markings from xix to xxiii (vs from xix to xxiii in
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146AA65FAB264AEFA4D" box="[550,713,1495,1520]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. victoriaensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146AB10FAB26595FA4D" box="[851,1010,1495,1520]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. irawanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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), and has prostates in xvixxi (vs xvxix in
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146AA5FFA9F64D8F9AE" box="[540,703,1530,1555]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. victoriaensis</emphasis>
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and xviixviii in
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146AB83FA9F6207F9AE" box="[960,1120,1530,1555]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. irawanensis</emphasis>
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). Also, the new species has more space between male pores (0.27 circumference apart ventrally) compared with
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146A981F95A640FF9E5" box="[450,616,1599,1624]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Po. irawanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(0.22 circumference apart ventrally). In addition, the new species has no spermathecae, in contrast to the two latter species.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE11E146A883F9E067AFF923" box="[192,456,1669,1694]" italics="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="767">Polypheretima jenniferae</emphasis>
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is found to have high survival and reproduction rates, making it an ideal candidate for use in vermicomposting. The absence of spermathecae in
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE10E147A8E3FFEB6757FF1A" box="[160,304,142,167]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="768">Po. jenniferae</emphasis>
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suggests parthenogenetic reproduction in the species (
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). Earthworm species that reproduce parthenogenetically have the advantage of growing faster in number as they do not necessarily require a mate for them to reproduce. This is true for the pantropical
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE10E147A9EFFF9364CBFEB2" box="[428,684,246,271]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="768">Pontoscolex corethrurus</emphasis>
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and the species popularly used for vermicomposting in the
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,
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE10E147A9BEFE7C64A2FE8F" box="[509,709,281,306]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="768">Eudrilus eugenieae</emphasis>
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. Other individuals of
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE10E147ABFAFE7C62E4FE8F" box="[953,1155,281,306]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="768">Po. mindanaoensis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE10E147A88CFE596725FEE8" box="[207,322,316,341]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="768">Po. sahlani</emphasis>
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, which are also members of the
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE10E147AAE3FE596542FEE8" box="[672,805,316,341]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="768">Po. elongata</emphasis>
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group, have also been recorded as having no spermathecae.
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE10E147A996FE3B64BCFECA" box="[469,731,350,375]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="768">Polypheretima jenniferae</emphasis>
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is currently being tested for its ability to compete with
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<emphasis id="24C7503ABE10E147A9E6FEE4644EFE27" box="[421,553,385,410]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="768">E. eugenieae</emphasis>
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in in growth, survival and reproduction at the Western
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University in
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,
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. The microbiota and the enzymatic activities in its gut are also currently being tested, in the University of the
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in Diliman,
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City, for their potential to degrade the plastic in disposable diapers.
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