EARTHWORM PHERETIMA HUPEIENSIS — GRANT 



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Preserved animals are light gray and the dorsal line is seldom dis- 

 cernible. Odor pungent. Length 40 to 222 mm,; diameter 1 to 6 

 mm.; weight 320 to 898 mg. ; segments 97 to 138 in number. First 

 dorsal pore on intersegmental furrow 11/12 and 12/13. Prostomium 

 small and epilobous. Perichaetous, the setae varying in number from 

 4 to 22 between the spermathecal pores on segment 8; 8 to 18 be- 

 tween the male pores on 18; 66 to 88 on 25; 74 to 84 on 30. Clitellum 

 smooth, white and annular on segments 14 to 16. Male pores on 



Table 1. — Means for the various measurements made on the anatomy of Fheretiraa, 



hupeiensis 



small raised papillae on segment 18 just lateral to the two pairs of 

 genital papillae on 17 and 19; single round female pore ventral on 

 segment 14; three pairs spermathecal pores opening on small, flat 

 papillae just posterior to intersegmental furrows 6/7 to 8/9. 



Internal: All septa present beginning with 4/5; 5/6 to 8/9 are very 

 heavy and muscular. Each septa has a single sphinctured aperture 

 surrounding the ventral nerve cord foramen. Gizzard in segment 8, 

 or possibly in 8 and 9; intestine begins in segment 14; one pair of 

 intestinal caeca in 27 or 28. Paired lateral hearts in segments 10 to 



