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Alluroidinae

Alluroidinae

Timm & Martin, 2015

GBIF:245596624

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Seminal vesicles present Barriejamiesonia Genital setae present Seminal vesicles absent Standeria A longitudinal lateral line (latero – muscular groove) present on each side between the ventral and dorsal setal couples, or absent. Dorsal median intersetal distance (dd: u), ca 0.2 to 0.5 of the circumference of the body; genital setae or penial setae present or absent. Clitellum commencing in XII or XIII, maximally extending for five segments. Male pores ventral to lateral in XIII or exceptionally XIV. Female pores at or near the anterior border of XIV in line with the male pores or nearly so or exceptionally near the ventral midline. Spermathecal pores lateral to dorsal but never in line with the male pores, paired or dorsal median and single in VI – IX, maximally in three of these segments. Dorsal pores absent. Subneural blood vessel absent. Nephridia avesiculate. Prostates (atria) tubular, lobulate or bulbous, receiving the male ducts, or discharging with the latter but separately from them into a terminal chamber; internal epithelium surrounded by a muscular sheath outside which prostatic cells are usually present. Gizzards absent. Proandric, testes in X only; or less commonly holandric, testes in X and XI, or metandric, testes in X, Seminal vesicles projecting into XI, or more elongate, or absent. Ovisacs extending posteriorly through several segments; eggs large and yolky.
Jamieson, Barrie G. M., Fragoso, Carlos (2024): A monograph of the Oligochaete family Alluroididae. Zootaxa 5529 (3): 401-435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5529.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5529.3.1
Distribution. Colombia; Brazil; Saint Lucia (Caribbean); Mexico; Tanzania; Uganda; Zimbabwe; South Africa; Ethiopia; Argentina; Guyana; Chad; Paraguay; Kenya; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Panama.
Jamieson, Barrie G. M., Fragoso, Carlos (2024): A monograph of the Oligochaete family Alluroididae. Zootaxa 5529 (3): 401-435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5529.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5529.3.1
Type genus: Alluroides Beddard 1894
Jamieson, Barrie G. M., Fragoso, Carlos (2024): A monograph of the Oligochaete family Alluroididae. Zootaxa 5529 (3): 401-435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5529.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5529.3.1

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A monograph of the Oligochaete family Alluroididae

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This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Jamieson, Barrie G. M., Fragoso, Carlos (2024): A monograph of the Oligochaete family Alluroididae. Zootaxa 5529 (3): 401-435, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5529.3.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5529.3.1

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.

Jamieson B G M, Fragoso C, plazi (2024). A monograph of the Oligochaete family Alluroididae. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/uxwm4f accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

CC0Published 10/29/2024View dataset
GBIF Usage Key
245596624
Dataset Key
63a39145-1bdf-45c9-9843-6d0cf997c020
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Taxon ID
6725879F795CFFFFCED9FC75FB73FD35.taxon
Last Crawled
6/9/2026
Last Interpreted
6/9/2026