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Issue: Vol. 5514 No. 5: 1 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.5.6
Page range: 494-500
Abstract views: 164
PDF downloaded: 10

Two new species of Atatina earthworm (Rhinodrilidae, Clitellata) from the Gurupi Biological Reserve, Maranhão, Brazil

Post graduate Program in Agroecology; Maranhão State University (UEMA); Avenida Lourenço Vieira da Silva 1000; Jardim São Cristovão; 65055-310 São Luís; Maranhão; Brazil
Post graduate Program in Agroecology; Maranhão State University (UEMA); Avenida Lourenço Vieira da Silva 1000; Jardim São Cristovão; 65055-310 São Luís; Maranhão; Brazil; Laboratory for the Study of Invertebrates; Maranhão State University; 65604-380; Caxias; Maranhão; Brazil
Maharishi International University; Fairfield; IA 52557; United States
Laboratory for the Study of Invertebrates; Maranhão State University; 65604-380; Caxias; Maranhão; Brazil
Laboratory for the Study of Invertebrates; Maranhão State University; 65604-380; Caxias; Maranhão; Brazil
Annelida Belém Endemism Area Soil biota Epigeic

Abstract

Only three species of the Atatina genus had been reported, both living distant one of another in the Amazon. Here we reported two new species for the genus living in remnant forest of the Gurupi Biological Reserve. Atatina arimikuriaka sp. nov. with three pairs of spermathecae, prostomium tentacular, and annular clitellum while Atatina arimikuritea sp. nov. has only one pair of spermathecae in IX, annular clitellum, and a smallest tubercula pubertatis. The two species are unique because the annular clitellum is contrasting with the saddle-shaped of other species.

 

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