Lumbriculus genitosetosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Lumbriculida
Family: Lumbriculidae
Genus: Lumbriculus
Species:
L. genitosetosus
Binomial name
Lumbriculus genitosetosus
Holmquist, 1976

Lumbriculus genitosetosus was described by Holmquist in 1976 from almost 2,000 individuals collected in Northern Alaska.[1] Initially, Holmquist revived the genus Thinodrilus (previously established by Smith in 1895 for Th. inconstans) for L. genitosetosus, Lumbriculus inconstans and Lumbriculus ambiguus on the basis of the Lumbriculus-species having only one pair of vas deferens and sperm funnels per atrium, whereas the Thinodrilus-species have two (one in the anterior end and one in the posterior); this division is, however, not generally recognised today, even if Thinodrilus may be a valid subgenus.[2][3]

Lumbriculus genitosetosus, as the name suggests, can be recognised by its modified male genital setae, unique within the Lumbriculidae.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "ADW: Lumbriculus genitosetosus: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  2. ↑ "Lumbriculus genitosetosus". elurikkus.ee. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  3. ↑ "Lumbriculidae | NBN Atlas". species.nbnatlas.org. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  4. ↑ Rodriguez, Pilar; Fend, Steven V.; Lenat, David R. (2014-11-03). "Sylphella puccoon gen. n., sp. n. and two additional new species of aquatic oligochaetes (Lumbriculidae, Clitellata) from poorly-known lotic habitats in North Carolina (USA)". ZooKeys (451): 1–32. doi:10.3897/zookeys.451.7304. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 4258618. PMID 25493045.


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