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A new species of Phallodrilus (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) from a limestone cave on Bermuda

1986; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 71; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00364827.1986.10419667

1503-1128

Christer Erséus,

Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy

Abstract Phallodrilus macmasterae sp.n. is described from Prospero's Cave on Bermuda. The material was originally assigned to P. exiguus ERSÉUS, 1979, a shallow-water reef species also known from Bermuda, but is distinguished from that species by its heavily muscular male ducts and lateral position of the spermathecal pores. The new species is also very closely related to P. lobatus ERSÉUS, 1983, known from the continental slope off Surinam, and it therefore gives further support for the view that there are significant ties between the marine cave faunas and those of the deep sea.