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Issue: Vol. 5529 No. 3: 29 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5529.3.1
Page range: 401-435
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A monograph of the Oligochaete family Alluroididae

School of the Environment; University of Queensland and 1 Maxwell Court; Coolum Beach; Queensland; Australia 4573
Red de Bioversidad y Sistmatica; Instituto de Ecologia A.C; Xalapa; Mexico
Annelida Oligochaetes Africa Caribbean and Central and South America Microdrile-megadrile transition

Abstract

The Alluroididae is a small oligochaete family with 8 genera and 13 known species occurring in freshwaters and in riverine soils in Africa, the Caribbean and Central and South America. It is here argued that their anatomy shows a transition from that of microdriles to that of megadriles (Metagynophora). A detailed description of comparative anatomy is given, followed by the systematics and some aspects of the ecology of all known genera, species and subspecies.

 

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