This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Fend, Steven V., Lenat, David R. (2012): New Eclipidrilus species (Annelida, Clitellata, Lumbriculidae) from southeastern North America. Zootaxa 3194: 51-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.210008
Abstract
Three new species of Lumbriculidae from southeastern North America are attributed to Eclipidrilus Eisen. All are small worms (diameter 0.2–0.5 mm), having semi-prosoporous male ducts with the atria in X, and spermathecae in IX. Eclipidrilus breviatriatus n. sp. and E. microthecus n. sp. have crosshatched atrial musculature, similar to some E. (Eclipidrilus) species, but they differ from congeners in having small, compact spermathecal ampullae. Eclipidrilus macphersonae n. sp. has a single, median atrium and spermatheca. The new species have been collected only in Sandhills and Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain streams of North Carolina.
Key words: Clitellata, Oligochaeta, Lumbriculidae, Eclipidrilus, taxonomy
Fend S V, Lenat D R, plazi (2012). New Eclipidrilus species (Annelida, Clitellata, Lumbriculidae) from southeastern North America. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.210008 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.
