Telmatodrilus vejdovskyi Eisen

Recognition

The dorsal bundles without hair chaetae. Anterior dorsal bundles with 8 to 14 simple pointed chaetae. The posterior dorsal chaetae are minutely bifurcate or brush-like with multiple tips. There are no spermathecal chaetae and the pernial chaetae are unmodified. there are no penial sheaths. The body wall is thick, but non-papillate This species is superficailly most similar to some Aulodrilus spp.

Summary

A large tubificid (35 - 60), reported to be semi-terrestrial.

Distribution

Reported only from California to British Columbia.

28 AUG 1996, Updated on 28 AUG 1996 D.L. Gustafson
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