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Stylodrilus californianus n. sp., a new lumbriculid (Annelida: Oligochaeta) from North America

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A new species of the genus Stylodrilus is described from phreatic waters in California, North America. Tubular atria with bulbous penes and spermathecae with broad and short ducts characterize the new species. The habitat of Stylodrilus californianus n. sp., confirms that the distribution of the genus Stylodrilus in the Neartic biogeographical zone is mainly associated with subterranean waters.

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Rodriguez, P. Stylodrilus californianus n. sp., a new lumbriculid (Annelida: Oligochaeta) from North America. Hydrobiologia 333, 161–164 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00013430

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