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Groundwater Oligochaetes from Southern-Europe. I. A new genus and three new species of Rhyacodrilinae (Tubificidae) with a redescription of Tubifex pescei (Dumnicka) comb. n.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

E. Martínez-Ansemil ,
B. Sambugar  and
N. Giani
E. Martínez-Ansemil
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioloxia Animal, Biol. Vexetal e Ecoloxia, Universidade da Coruña, Campus da Zapateira s/n, 15071, A Coruña, Spain
B. Sambugar
Affiliation:
Centro Ricerche S.A.R., via Anfiteatro, 9, 37121 Verona, Italy
N. Giani
Affiliation:
Centre d'Ecologie des Systèmes Aquatiques Continentaux, UMR C5576 CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex, France
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Abstract

Many Oligochaeta were collected during recent investigations in Southern-European caves. This is the first contribution in which some data concerning the Tubificidae are summarized. Three new species of Rhyacodrilinae, including a new genus, are described: Rhyacodrilus omodeoi n. sp., Rhyacodrilus dolcei n. sp., Rhyacodrilus gasparoi n. sp. and Stochidrilus glandulosus n. gen., n. sp. The poorly known species Frearidrilus pescei (Dumnicka 1981, augm. 1987) is redescribed on the basis of new material collected in Slovenian caves; this revision allowed the proposal to ascribe it to the genus Tubifex, considering the monospecific genus Frearidrilus as a junior synonym of Tubifex.

Keywords

oligochaetatubificidaenew speciesgroundwaterrhyacodrilusstochidrilustubifexoligochaetatubificidaeespèces nouvelleseaux souterrainesrhyacodrilusstochidrilustubifex
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Research Article
Information
Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 33 - 44
Copyright
© Université Paul Sabatier, 1997

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