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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD020CA055FF70FAFBFE188E7E" bold="true" box="[151,445,1364,1391]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="193">Varichaetadrilus salinus</emphasis>
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(
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.
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, coll.
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD020CA055FF20F9A6FECF8D33" bold="true" box="[199,362,1544,1571]" pageId="7" pageNumber="193">Type locality.</emphasis>
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of an oligohaline
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on the
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,
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(
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41.02097°
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,
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140.32534°
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deep with muddy bottom.
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<typeStatus id="600E887D020CA055FF20F9FEFEE48D7A" box="[199,321,1617,1643]" pageId="7" pageNumber="193" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
.
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<specimenCode id="EF139EA4020CA055FEB4F9FEFDFD8D7A" box="[339,600,1617,1643]" pageId="7" pageNumber="193">NSMT-An 19301931</specimenCode>
,
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whole-mounted mature specimens; one is complete, the other is incomplete posteriorly; locality, date and collector the same as for the holotype
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.
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<typeStatus id="600E887D020CA055FF20F937FE5E8DA3" box="[199,507,1688,1714]" isOtherTypeStatus="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="193">Other material examined</typeStatus>
.
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and
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specimens mounted on slides; locality, date and collector the same as for the holotype
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation id="0FDD3C82020CA055FDB4F912FF768DEA" collectingDate="2022-09-03" collectorName="A. Ohtaka" country="Japan" latitude="41.02097" location="Ushiro-gata" longLatPrecision="1" longitude="140.32533" municipality="Goshogawara City" pageId="7" pageNumber="193" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Aomori">
One whole-mounted mature
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from the type locality,
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<collectingDate id="DB4FE9F7020CA055FAE9F912FF768DEA" pageId="7" pageNumber="193" value="2022-09-03">3 September 2022</collectingDate>
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.
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<specimenCount id="A9B3FD56020CA055FF3AF94EFEC68DEA" box="[221,355,1761,1787]" pageId="7" pageNumber="193">Two mature</specimenCount>
and
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whole-mounted specimens from offshore
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(
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,
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), located north of the type locality, Ushiro-gata,
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deep with muddy bottom
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.
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD020CA055FF20F886FEEB8C52" bold="true" box="[199,334,1833,1859]" pageId="7" pageNumber="193">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name refers to the environments of the brackish lakes from which the specimens were collected.
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD020CA055FF20F8DFFEE78C9B" bold="true" box="[199,322,1904,1930]" pageId="7" pageNumber="193">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Body 5.511.0 mm long in preserved state. Chaetae all bifid with shorter upper teeth;
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preclitellar bundles,
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postclitellar bundles. No modified genital chaetae. Vasa deferentia long and tubular. Atria tubular with solid prostate glands at the ental portion. Penes large, opening at XI ventrally. Penial sheaths thin and finger cot-shaped. Spermathecae absent.
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0203A05AFF20FF39FEFC8BA1" bold="true" box="[199,345,150,176]" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">Description.</emphasis>
Live worms reddish anteriorly, pinkish posteriorly. Body
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long in living state, 5.511.0 mm long in preserved state. Width
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at middle of body. Segments 4868. Prostomium pointed conical (
<figureCitation id="278E2A5A0203A05AFF78FF70FF5D8BE8" box="[159,248,223,249]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1466,1490]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,565,1433]" captionTargetId="figure-208@8.[151,1436,558,1440]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 8. Varichaetadrils salinus sp. nov. from Lake Ushiro-gata, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. A. Lateral view of anterior segments (holotype). B. Parasagittal section of anterior segments, showing vascular system and alimentary canal. C. The same in posterior segments, anterior body end to the left. D. Ventral chaeta in an anterior segment. E, F. The same,variations of the distal ends. G. Ventral chaeta in a posterior segment. H. The same, distal end." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021748" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021748/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">Fig. 8A</figureCitation>
); length 5564 µm, almost as long as basal diameter. Segments II to VI biannulate (
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), each with short anterior and long, chaetae-bearing posterior annuli. Segment from IX on elongate, longer than diameter. Posterior end of
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tapering with many transverse furrows. Body wall smooth and thin, epidermis 48 μm thick. Clitellum from 2/3 X to end of XII, 915 μm thick, glandular. Coelomocytes not found throughout the body. Pharynx in II and III, dorsal wall thicker than ventral wall (
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). Pharyngeal glands attached on pharynx dorsally in IIIV. Chloragogen cells beginning in VI, thinly covering the alimentary canal. Transverse vessels forming complicated loops in IVII, thick in VII and VIII as hearts (
<figureCitation id="278E2A5A0203A05AFD40FE18FD5A8AC0" box="[679,767,439,465]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1466,1490]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,565,1433]" captionTargetId="figure-208@8.[151,1436,558,1440]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 8. Varichaetadrils salinus sp. nov. from Lake Ushiro-gata, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. A. Lateral view of anterior segments (holotype). B. Parasagittal section of anterior segments, showing vascular system and alimentary canal. C. The same in posterior segments, anterior body end to the left. D. Ventral chaeta in an anterior segment. E, F. The same,variations of the distal ends. G. Ventral chaeta in a posterior segment. H. The same, distal end." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021748" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021748/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">Fig. 8B</figureCitation>
). In middle and posterior segments dorsal vessel 1726 μm thick, thicker than ventral vessel (916 μm thick); a simple transverse vessel connecting dorsal and ventral vessels in the posterior third of each segment (
<figureCitation id="278E2A5A0203A05AFDAEFE50FD048908" box="[585,673,511,537]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1466,1490]" captionTargetBox="[158,1429,565,1433]" captionTargetId="figure-208@8.[151,1436,558,1440]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 8. Varichaetadrils salinus sp. nov. from Lake Ushiro-gata, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. A. Lateral view of anterior segments (holotype). B. Parasagittal section of anterior segments, showing vascular system and alimentary canal. C. The same in posterior segments, anterior body end to the left. D. Ventral chaeta in an anterior segment. E, F. The same,variations of the distal ends. G. Ventral chaeta in a posterior segment. H. The same, distal end." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021748" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021748/files/figure.png" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">Fig. 8C</figureCitation>
). Nephridia not observed in any segments.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0203A05AFF70FA15FEB08EC3" bold="true" box="[151,277,1466,1490]" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0203A05AFEF9FA14FDAE8EC2" box="[286,523,1467,1491]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">Varichaetadrils salinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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from Lake Ushiro-gata, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0203A05AFB64FA15FB398EC3" bold="true" box="[1155,1180,1466,1490]" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">A.</emphasis>
Lateral view of anterior segments (holotype).
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0203A05AFE95FA70FE2F8EE6" bold="true" box="[370,394,1503,1527]" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">B.</emphasis>
Parasagittal section of anterior segments, showing vascular system and alimentary canal.
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0203A05AFAFBFA71FA918EE7" bold="true" box="[1308,1332,1502,1526]" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">C.</emphasis>
The same in posterior segments, anterior body end to the left.
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0203A05AFD4CF9ACFD618D0A" bold="true" box="[683,708,1539,1563]" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">D.</emphasis>
Ventral chaeta in an anterior segment.
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0203A05AFBB3F9ACFBC08D0A" bold="true" box="[1108,1125,1539,1563]" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">E</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0203A05AFB94F9ACFB238D0A" bold="true" box="[1139,1158,1539,1563]" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">F.</emphasis>
The same,variations of the distal ends.
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0203A05AFEF1F989FE958D2F" bold="true" box="[278,304,1574,1598]" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">G.</emphasis>
Ventral chaeta in a posterior segment.
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0203A05AFD5EF988FD718D2E" bold="true" box="[697,724,1575,1599]" pageId="8" pageNumber="194">H.</emphasis>
The same, distal end.
</paragraph>
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Chaetae all bifid crotchets; the form, size and number not different between dorsal and ventral bundles. In preclitellar segments, chaetae 23, rarely 4 per bundle, 4560 μm long; nodulus situated 1/31/4 from distal end, and distal teeth slightly diverging (
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): upper tooth half to 2/3 as long as, and thinner than lower one (
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). In clitellar segments (XXII) chaetae 12 per bundle, 4055 μm long; segment XI devoid of ventral chaetae. In postclitellar segments, chaetae 01 per bundle, 4050 μm long (
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); nodulus situated slightly distally to the middle, and upper tooth slightly shorter and much thinner than curved lower tooth (
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).
</paragraph>
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Gonads and copulatory organs paired. Testes in X, ovaries in XI. Male funnels on ventral part of anterior face of 10/11, 7596 µm in diameter (
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). Vasa deferentia not coiled up, about 400 µm long, 1114 µm wide throughout course, with thin wall of 1.5 µm, ciliated, entering atrium apically. Atria tubular, about 300 µm long, 2437 µm wide, with thick (510 µm) and glandular inner epithelium and with thin muscular cover (
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). A solid prostate gland, about 40 µm wide, connected with ental portion of atrium through a short stalk. Ejaculatory ducts not detected. Large penes, each set in deep and narrow penial pouch opening at posterior 2/3 of XI ventrally. Penial sheaths thin and finger cot-shaped (
<figureCitation id="278E2A5A0202A05BFD9CFF14FD5B8BC4" box="[635,766,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="9.[151,250,991,1015]" captionTargetBox="[152,1429,313,958]" captionTargetId="figure-97@9.[151,1436,306,965]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 9. Male reproductive organs in Varichaetadrilus salinus sp. nov. from Lake Ushiro-gata, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. A. Male duct. B. Cross section of atrium. C, D, E. Variations of penial sheaths." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14021750" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14021750/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">Fig. 9 CE</figureCitation>
), 3240 µm long, 1823 µm wide at base, sometimes with weak wrinkles at the ental part. Female funnels on ventral part of anterior face of 11/12, about 50 µm in diameter. Spermathecae absent in all ten mature specimens examined. Sperm sac in XXI. Egg sac in XIXII.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFF70FC70FEB188E6" bold="true" box="[151,276,991,1015]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Male reproductive organs in
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFDA4FC4FFC9E88E9" box="[579,827,992,1016]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">Varichaetadrilus salinus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFCA5FC4FFC3688E9" bold="true" box="[834,915,992,1016]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="96F257B60202A05BFCA5FC4FFC3688E9" box="[834,915,992,1016]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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from Lake Ushiro-gata, Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFF70FBACFF158F0A" bold="true" box="[151,176,1027,1051]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">A.</emphasis>
Male duct.
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFECEFBABFEE58F0D" bold="true" box="[297,320,1028,1052]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">B.</emphasis>
Cross section of atrium.
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFDD8FBACFDF48F0A" bold="true" box="[575,593,1027,1051]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">C</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFDB9FBABFDD58F0D" bold="true" box="[606,624,1028,1052]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">D</emphasis>
,
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFD9AFBABFD318F0D" bold="true" box="[637,660,1028,1052]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">E.</emphasis>
Variations of penial sheaths.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="F7AF65540202A05BFF20FBE6FE1F8FE5" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="BF0A36DF0202A05BFF20FBE6FE1F8FE5" blockId="9.[151,1437,1097,2024]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFF20FBE6FE578F72" bold="true" box="[199,498,1097,1124]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">Distribution and habitat.</emphasis>
The present new species was collected from muddy bottoms in shallow (
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deep) Lake Ushiro-gata and the neighboring L. Mae-kata, both in the Tsugaru Peninsula,
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,
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. Temperature of bottom water in Lake Ushiro-gata was 24.5°C, with a pH of 9.0 (
<date id="CB0B101F0202A05BFBA4FB3DFAE08FBD" box="[1091,1349,1170,1196]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" value="2012-09-22">22nd September 2012</date>
). Lakes Ushiro-gata and Mae-kata are oligohaline, with electrical conductivity ranging from 10 to 15 mS
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and salinity ranging from 0.8 to 1.2%.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="F7AF65540202A058FF20FB51FDE58AE4" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="196" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="BF0A36DF0202A05BFF20FB51FB338DB5" blockId="9.[151,1437,1097,2024]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFF20FB51FE9E8E09" bold="true" box="[199,315,1278,1304]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">Remarks.</emphasis>
The genus
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFE5BFB51FDD28E09" box="[444,631,1278,1304]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">Varichaetadrilus</emphasis>
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was originally erected by
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as
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFB6BFB51FAA08E09" box="[1164,1285,1278,1304]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">Varichaeta</emphasis>
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and renamed by
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due to the existence of the preoccupied dipteran genus name
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFB23FA8DFA988E2D" box="[1220,1341,1314,1340]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">Varichaeta</emphasis>
Speiser.
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This genus was initially defined by the presence of hair and pectinate chaetae, long tubular atria with a small subapically attached prostate gland, distinct penes with sheaths, lack of modified spermathecal chaetae, and lack or only slightly modification of penial chaetae (
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). Hair and pectinate chaetae, and small-sized prostate glands should be removed from the genus diagnosis because several species without hair and/ or pectinate chaetae [
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFE76FA78FDF78EE1" box="[401,594,1494,1520]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. psammophilus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0202A05BFD83FA79FD5D8EE1" author="Loden, M. S." box="[612,760,1494,1520]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" pagination="321 - 326" refId="ref8703" refString="Loden, M. S. (1977) Two new species of Limnodrilus (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) from the south-eastern United States. Transactions of the American Microscopic Society, 96, 3, 321 - 326. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3225861" type="journal article" year="1977">Loden, 1977</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFCFBFA78FB448EE1" authority="Brinkhurst &amp; Kathman, 1983" authorityName="Brinkhurst &amp; Kathman" authorityYear="1983" box="[796,1249,1494,1520]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaetadrilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="fulleri">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFCFBFA78FC258EE1" box="[796,896,1494,1520]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. fulleri</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0202A05BFC6CFA79FB448EE1" author="Brinkhurst, R. O. &amp; Kathman, R. D." box="[907,1249,1494,1520]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" pagination="301 - 306" refId="ref7734" refString="Brinkhurst, R. O. &amp; Kathman, R. D. (1983) Varichaetadrilus, a new name for Varichaeta Brinkhurst, 1981 non Speiser, 1903, (Diptera) with a description of a new species V. fulleri. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 96, 301 - 306." type="journal article" year="1983">Brinkhurst &amp; Kathman, 1983</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFB17FA78FA388EE1" box="[1264,1437,1495,1520]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. angustipenis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0202A05BFF78FA55FE668D05" author="Brinkhurst, R. O. &amp; Cook, D. G." box="[159,451,1530,1556]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" pagination="1 - 33" refId="ref7682" refString="Brinkhurst, R. O. &amp; Cook, D. G. (1966) Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta. III. Lumbriculidae and additional notes and records of other families. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 118, 1 - 33." type="journal article" year="1966">Brinkhurst &amp; Cook, 1966</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFE31FA54FCF18D05" authority="Cui &amp; Wang, 2009" authorityName="Cui &amp; Wang" authorityYear="2009" box="[470,852,1530,1556]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaeta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="vestibulatus">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFE31FA54FDDD8D05" box="[470,632,1530,1556]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. vestibulatus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0202A05BFD98FA55FCF18D05" author="Cui, Y. D. &amp; Wang, H. Z." box="[639,852,1530,1556]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" pagination="45 - 54" refId="ref7822" refString="Cui, Y. D. &amp; Wang, H. Z. (2009) Three new species of Tubificinae, Oligochaeta, from two plateau lakes in Southwest China. Zootaxa, 2143 (1), 45 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2143.1.3" type="journal article" year="2009">Cui &amp; Wang, 2009</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
] and species with a large prostate gland [
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFAC5FA54FE9F8D29" authority="(Loden, 1979)" baseAuthorityName="Loden" baseAuthorityYear="1979" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaeta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="harmani">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFAC5FA54FA398D05" box="[1314,1436,1530,1556]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. harmani</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0202A05BFF78F9B1FE978D29" author="Loden, M. S." box="[159,306,1566,1592]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" pagination="601 - 605" refId="ref8753" refString="Loden, M. S. (1979) A new North American species of fresh-water Tubificidae (Oligochaeta). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 92 (3), 601 - 605." type="journal article" year="1979">Loden, 1979</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFE91F9B0FCE78D29" authority="Rodriguez &amp; Giani, 1984" authorityName="Rodriguez &amp; Giani" authorityYear="1984" box="[374,834,1566,1592]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaeta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="bizkaiensis">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFE91F9B0FDB58D29" box="[374,528,1566,1592]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. bizkaiensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0202A05BFDFEF9B1FCE78D29" author="Rodriguez, P. &amp; Giani, N." box="[537,834,1566,1592]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" pagination="127 - 130" refId="ref9847" refString="Rodriguez, P. &amp; Giani, N. (1984) Description de Varichaetadrilus bizkaiensis n. sp.; nouvelle espe`ce de Tubificidae (Oligochaeta) d'Espagne. Bulletin de la Socie´te´d' Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, 120, 127 - 130." type="journal article" year="1984">Rodriguez &amp; Giani, 1984</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
] have been incorporated in the genus (
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0202A05BFAE2F9B1FA348D29" author="Timm, T." box="[1285,1425,1566,1592]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" pagination="21 - 39" refId="ref10586" refString="Timm, T. (2006) A nearctic tubificid Varichaetadrilus harmani (Loden) n. comb. in a Dutch wetland, with remarks on Tubifex tubifex (Muller) (Annelida: Oligochaeta). Zootaxa, 1281 (1), 21 - 39. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2332.1.2" type="journal article" year="2006">Timm 2006</bibRefCitation>
). Absence of modified spermathecal chaetae is also canceled from the generic criteria because conspicuously modified spermathecal chaetae have been reported in
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFD60F9C8FC8C8D91" authorityName="Cui &amp; Wang" authorityYear="2009" box="[647,809,1638,1664]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaeta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="vestibulatus">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFD60F9C8FC8C8D91" box="[647,809,1638,1664]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. vestibulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The spermathecal chaetae of
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFB99F9C8FA858D91" authorityName="Cui &amp; Wang" authorityYear="2009" box="[1150,1312,1638,1664]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaeta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="vestibulatus">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFB99F9C8FA858D91" box="[1150,1312,1638,1664]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. vestibulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are typical of
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFF51F925FEE78DB5" authorityName="Hrabe" authorityYear="1966" box="[182,322,1674,1700]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Isochaetides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFF51F925FEE78DB5" box="[182,322,1674,1700]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">Isochaetides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, suggesting a close relationship between
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFCF5F925FC688DB5" authorityName="Brinkhurst &amp; Kathman" authorityYear="1983" box="[786,973,1674,1700]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaetadrilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFCF5F925FC688DB5" box="[786,973,1674,1700]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">Varichaetadrilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFBE4F925FB2A8DB5" authorityName="Hrabe" authorityYear="1966" box="[1027,1167,1674,1700]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Isochaetides" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFBE4F925FB2A8DB5" box="[1027,1167,1674,1700]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">Isochaetides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BF0A36DF0202A058FF20F901FE4E8BE8" blockId="9.[151,1437,1097,2024]" lastBlockId="10.[151,1437,151,501]" lastPageId="10" lastPageNumber="196" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">
Long and tubular atria and penes with symmetrical penial sheaths as found in the present new species meet the criteria for the genus
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFE5FF97DFDDF8DFD" box="[440,634,1746,1772]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFE5FF97DFDD38DFD" authorityName="Brinkhurst &amp; Kathman" authorityYear="1983" box="[440,630,1746,1772]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaetadrilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">Varichaetadrilus</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Among the ten valid species of
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFC09F97DFB0C8DFD" authorityName="Brinkhurst &amp; Kathman" authorityYear="1983" box="[1006,1193,1746,1772]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaetadrilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFC09F97DFB0C8DFD" box="[1006,1193,1746,1772]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">Varichaetadrilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
so far known (
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0202A05BFAB0F97DFF768C01" author="Timm, T." pageId="9" pageNumber="195" pagination="21 - 39" refId="ref10586" refString="Timm, T. (2006) A nearctic tubificid Varichaetadrilus harmani (Loden) n. comb. in a Dutch wetland, with remarks on Tubifex tubifex (Muller) (Annelida: Oligochaeta). Zootaxa, 1281 (1), 21 - 39. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2332.1.2" type="journal article" year="2006">Timm 2006</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0202A05BFF39F959FE088C01" author="Cui, Y. D. &amp; Wang, H. Z." box="[222,429,1782,1808]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" pagination="45 - 54" refId="ref7822" refString="Cui, Y. D. &amp; Wang, H. Z. (2009) Three new species of Tubificinae, Oligochaeta, from two plateau lakes in Southwest China. Zootaxa, 2143 (1), 45 - 54. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2143.1.3" type="journal article" year="2009">Cui &amp; Wang 2009</bibRefCitation>
), three North American species,
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFCFDF958FC7D8C01" baseAuthorityName="Loden" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[794,984,1782,1808]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaetadrilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="psammophilus">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFCFDF958FC7D8C01" box="[794,984,1782,1808]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. psammophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFC02F958FBE08C01" authorityName="Brinkhurst &amp; Kathman" authorityYear="1983" box="[997,1093,1782,1808]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaetadrilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="fulleri">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFC02F958FBE08C01" box="[997,1093,1782,1808]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. fulleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFB9BF958FA808C01" baseAuthorityName="Brinkhurst &amp; Cook" baseAuthorityYear="1966" box="[1148,1317,1783,1808]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaetadrilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="angustipenis">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFB9BF958FA808C01" box="[1148,1317,1783,1808]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. angustipenis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have bifid chaetae only as in
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFE81F8B4FE748C25" authorityName="Ohtaka" authorityYear="2024" box="[358,465,1818,1844]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaetadrilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="salinus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFE81F8B4FE748C25" box="[358,465,1818,1844]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. salinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFE3FF8B5FD978C25" bold="true" box="[472,562,1818,1844]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="96F257B60202A05BFE3FF8B5FD978C25" box="[472,562,1818,1844]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
The upper teeth of the bifid chaetae are longer than the lower teeth in most of the anterior segments of
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFE4DF890FDAC8C49" authorityName="Brinkhurst &amp; Kathman" authorityYear="1983" box="[426,521,1854,1880]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaetadrilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="fulleri">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFE4DF890FDAC8C49" box="[426,521,1854,1880]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. fulleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFDD9F890FCA78C49" box="[574,770,1854,1880]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFDD9F890FD5B8C49" baseAuthorityName="Loden" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[574,766,1854,1880]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaetadrilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="psammophilus">V. psammophilus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
so they are different from those in
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFB6FF890FB578C49" authorityName="Ohtaka" authorityYear="2024" box="[1160,1266,1854,1880]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaetadrilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="salinus" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFB6FF890FB578C49" box="[1160,1266,1854,1880]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. salinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFB1FF891FAF48C49" bold="true" box="[1272,1361,1854,1880]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="96F257B60202A05BFB1FF891FAF48C49" box="[1272,1361,1854,1880]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
where the upper teeth are distinctly shorter than the lower teeth. The penial sheaths of
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFBE5F8CCFB1B8C6D" box="[1026,1214,1890,1916]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. psammophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are widened at both the proximal and distal ends and with round hood (
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0202A05BFD3CF829FCCD8CB1" author="Loden, M. S." box="[731,872,1926,1952]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" pagination="321 - 326" refId="ref8703" refString="Loden, M. S. (1977) Two new species of Limnodrilus (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) from the south-eastern United States. Transactions of the American Microscopic Society, 96, 3, 321 - 326. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3225861" type="journal article" year="1977">Loden 1977</bibRefCitation>
), those in
<taxonomicName id="78B54D5C0202A05BFC39F828FB2D8CB1" baseAuthorityName="Brinkhurst &amp; Cook" baseAuthorityYear="1966" box="[990,1160,1927,1952]" class="Clitellata" family="Naididae" genus="Varichaetadrilus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tubificida" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" phylum="Annelida" rank="species" species="angustipenis">
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFC39F828FB2D8CB1" box="[990,1160,1927,1952]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. angustipenis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are long and cylindrical with hood (
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0202A05BFEF1F805FD978CD5" author="Brinkhurst, R. O. &amp; Cook, D. G." box="[278,562,1962,1988]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" pagination="1 - 33" refId="ref7682" refString="Brinkhurst, R. O. &amp; Cook, D. G. (1966) Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta. III. Lumbriculidae and additional notes and records of other families. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 118, 1 - 33." type="journal article" year="1966">Brinkhurst &amp; Cook 1966</bibRefCitation>
), and those in
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFD35F804FC948CD5" box="[722,817,1962,1988]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. fulleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have a large hood (
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0202A05BFBEDF805FAF58CD5" author="Brinkhurst, R. O. &amp; Kathman, R. D." box="[1034,1360,1962,1988]" pageId="9" pageNumber="195" pagination="301 - 306" refId="ref7734" refString="Brinkhurst, R. O. &amp; Kathman, R. D. (1983) Varichaetadrilus, a new name for Varichaeta Brinkhurst, 1981 non Speiser, 1903, (Diptera) with a description of a new species V. fulleri. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 96, 301 - 306." type="journal article" year="1983">Brinkhurst &amp; Kathman 1983</bibRefCitation>
). They are hence clearly different from the finger cot-shaped penial sheath without hood in
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0202A05BFBACF860FB138CF9" box="[1099,1206,1998,2024]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="195">V. salinus</emphasis>
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Absence of spermathecae in
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0201A058FEB3FF38FE1A8BA0" box="[340,447,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="196">V. salinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0201A058FE20FF38FD848BA0" bold="true" box="[455,545,151,177]" pageId="10" pageNumber="196">
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is unique among congeners, suggesting parthenogenetic reproduction. Asexual reproduction by architomy was demonstrated in the introduced population of
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0201A058FBE6FF14FBD98BC4" box="[1025,1148,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="196">V. harmani</emphasis>
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from North America into
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(
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).
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Absence of hair chaetae, tubular atria and cylindrical penial sheath found in the present species are shared with
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0201A058FF36FE88FEF88A50" box="[209,349,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="196">Isochaetides</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0201A058FE82FE88FE568A50" author="Hrabe, S." box="[357,499,295,321]" pageId="10" pageNumber="196" pagination="57 - 77" refId="ref8491" refString="Hrabe, S. (1966) New or insufficiently known species of the family Tubificidae. Publicationes Facultatis Scientiarum Universitatis J. E. Purkyne, Brno, 470, 57 - 77." type="journal article" year="1966">Hrabě, 1966</bibRefCitation>
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. However,
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0201A058FD94FE88FD5A8A50" box="[627,767,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="196">Isochaetides</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
have modified spermathecal chaetae (
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) which has not been observed in the present species. Furthermore, absence of genital chaetae, tubular atria receiving vas deferens apically, and absence of an ejaculatory duct such as found in the present species fit the definition of
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0201A058FEB2FE3CFE568ABC" box="[341,499,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="196">Tasserkidrilus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="DB244B2E0201A058FE1CFE3CFD1E8ABC" author="Holmquist, C." box="[507,699,402,429]" pageId="10" pageNumber="196" pagination="311 - 366" refId="ref8352" refString="Holmquist, C. (1985) A revision of the genera Tubifex (Lamarck), Ilyodrilus (Eisen), and Potamothrix (Vejdovsky and Mrazek) (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) with extensions of some connected genera. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, Okologie und Geographie der Tiere, 112, 311 - 366." type="journal article" year="1985">Holmquist, 1985</bibRefCitation>
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, emended by
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. However, other generic characters of
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<emphasis id="8DC1EACD0201A058FF70FE18FE908AC0" box="[151,309,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="196">Tasserkidrilus</emphasis>
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such as vas deferens with different thickness and asymmetrical funnel-shaped penial sheath disagree with those of the present new species.
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