35. Embolocephalus velutinus (Grube, 1879)

Saenuris velutinus Grube, 1879

Tubifex sarnensis Pierantoni, 1904

Peloscolex fontinalis Hrabĕ, 1964

Geographic distribution.

Central and Southern Europe, possibly also northern Europe and Siberia (Timm 2009). In the Russian tundra: the Vashutkiny lakes system (Finogenova 1966), Lake Ambarty and some other lakes in the Korotaikha River basin (Popchenko 1978), the Yamal Peninsula (Stepanov 2016).

Location.

Lake Bolshoy Kharbey (67°34'34.3"N, 62°52'17.4"E; 67°32'50"N, 62°52'26.3"E; 67°32'49.9"N, 62°53'40.1"E); Lake Golovka (67°36'9.4"N, 62°56'39.9"E).

Ecology.

The species is common in the tundra zone. It lives on various sediments (including rocky, sandy, clayey, or silty) in the littoral zone of lakes.