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Pontodrilus Perrier 1874

Description

Genus Pontodrilus Perrier, 1874

Pontodrilus Perrier, 1874: 1582; Michaelsen 1900: 179; Gates 1972: 47.

Type species. Pontodrilus marionis Perrier, 1874 (= Lumbricus litoralis Grube, 1855).

Distribution. One species (Pontodrilus litoralis) widely found on shorelines in the tropics and warmer parts of continents and islands; others in Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and China (Blakemore 2002). Remarks. Only one species has been recorded in Vietnam.

Notes

Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Randiellidae
Genus
Pontodrilus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Enchytraeida
Phylum
Annelida
Scientific name authorship
Perrier
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pontodrilus Perrier, 1874 sec. Nguyen, Nguyen, Tran & Blakemore, 2016

References

  • Perrier, E. (1874) Sur un nouveau genre indigene de Lombriciens terrestres (Pontodrilus marionis E. P.). Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des seances de l'Academie des sciences, 78, 1582 - 1586.
  • Michaelsen, W. (1900) Oligochaeta. Das Tierreich, 10, 1 - 575.
  • Gates, G. E. (1972) Burmese Earthworms: An Introduction to the Systematics and Biology of Megadrile Oligochaetes with Special Reference to Southeast Asia. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, N. S. 62 (7), 1 - 326. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.2307 / 1006214
  • Grube, E. (1855) Beschreibung neuer oder wenig bekannter Anneliden. Archiv Fur Naturgeschichte, 21, 81 - 136. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 13989
  • Blakemore, R. J. (2002) Cosmopolitan Earthworms - an Eco - Taxonomic Guide to the Peregrine Species of the World. 2 nd Ed. VermEcology, PO BOX 414 Kippax, ACT 2615, Australia. August, 2002.