Chamaedrilus varisetosus Martinsson, Rota & Erseus 2015 ...

• Main Authors: Martinsson, Svante, Klinth, Mårten, Erséus, Christer
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Annelida; Clitellata; Enchytraeida; Enchytraeidae; Chamaedrilus; Chamaedrilus varisetosus; Norway; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5969505; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5969505

Chamaedrilus varisetosus Martinsson, Rota & Erséus, 2015b Figure 2C Material studied. CE23081 (from northern Norway), mature specimen, see Table 1 for more information Description of spermatheca. Spermathecae (Fig. 2C) paired; pore located slightly below line of lateral chaetae; duct smooth, 195–225 µm long, about 15 µm wide; ectal gland about 35 µm in diameter; ampulla oval, about 35 µm wide, containing loosely arranged sperm; ampulla followed by duct connecting to spherical ental chamber, about 55 µm wide; ampulla in V or VI, ental chamber of one spermatheca usually occupying VI and the other VII; spermatheca not connected to oesophagus. Remarks. In the original description, Martinsson et al. (2015b) illustrated a spermatheca that was not fully developed, here we describe and illustrate one that is. ... : Published as part of Martinsson, Svante, Klinth, Mårten & Erséus, Christer, 2018, A new Scandinavian Chamaedrilus species (Clitellata: Enchytraeidae), with additional notes on others, pp. 417-429 in Zootaxa 4521 (3) on page 423, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/2609991 ...