Taxonomy of North European Lumbricillus (Clitellata, Enchytraeidae)

By

Klinth, Mårten J.
Rota, Emilia
Erséus, Christer

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

703

Pages

15-96

Subjects

1861) comb. nov , Annelida , Claparedrilus gen. n , Claparedrilus semifuscoides sp. n , Claparedrilus semifuscus (Claparède , Lumbricillus latithecatus sp. n , Lumbricillus scandicus sp. n , Oligochaeta

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.703.13385

 

Abstract

Lumbricillus is a genus of clitellate worms with about 80 described species that inhabit marine and limnic habitats. This study follows a recent analysis of the phylogeny of the genus based on 24 species of Lumbricillus collected mainly in Norway and Sweden. We provide the illustrated taxonomic descriptions of all these species and describe two of them as new; Lumbricillus latithecatus sp. n. and L. scandicus sp. n. Using the recent phylogeny, we informally divide Lumbricillus into five distinct morphological groups, into which we also tentatively place the Lumbricillus species not included in this study. Furthermore, we establish Claparedrilus gen. n., with the type species C. semifuscoides sp. n., and transfer Pachydrilus semifuscus Claparède, 1861 (previously referred to Lumbricillus) into said genus.