Metaphire Sims & Easton 1972

Autor: Aspe, Nonillon M., Obusan, Marie Christine M.
Rok vydání: 2023
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7746952
Popis: Genus Metaphire Sims & Easton, 1972 Type species Rhodopis javanica Kinberg, 1867 Generic diagnosis. Body cylindrical. Setae numerous, regularly arranged around each segment. Clitellum annular, xiv–xvi. Male pores paired within copulatory pouches on xviii, rarely xix or xx. Female pores single, rarely paired. Spermathecal pores usually large transverse slits, seldom small; paired, occasionally single or multiple, between 4/5 and 9/10. Intestinal caeca present, originating in or near xxvii. Testes holandric, rarely proandric or metandric. Prostatic glands racemose. Copulatory pouches present, often with stalked glands; secretory diverticula absent. Ovaries paired, xiii. Spermathecae paired, rarely single or numerous. Nephridia on spermathecal ducts lacking.
Published as part of Aspe, Nonillon M. & Obusan, Marie Christine M., 2023, Pheretimoid earthworms (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) cultivated in a vermifacility in Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines, with description of a new species, pp. 101-112 in Zootaxa 5255 (1) on page 106, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.14, http://zenodo.org/record/7744538
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