Parabauba James, Bartz & Brown, 2023

James, Samuel W., Bartz, Marie L. C. & Brown, George G., 2023, New Ocnerodrilidae genera, species and records from Brazil (Annelida: Crassiclitellata), Zootaxa 5255 (1), pp. 235-269 : 260

Parabauba James, Bartz & Brown , gen. nov.

Type species: Parabauba veracelensis sp. nov.

Etymology. The genus name is derived from the name Bauba Righi, 1980 and the prefix “para” meaning “next to” because these worms key to Bauba in Fragoso & Rojas (2009).

Diagnosis: Setae lumbricine, dorsal pores lacking, male pores on xviii, acanthodriline male field with prostatic pores in xvii, xix; female pores paired in xiv, spermathecal pores paired in 7/8/9; first setae on iii, prostomium epilobic. Male sexual system holandric, free; seminal vesicles multilobed, post-septal in xi, xii; prostates in xvii, xix, ducts muscular. Spermathecae adiverticulate, ectal muscular bulbous duct; ovaries free in xiii. Gizzard large in v; paired calciferous glands in ix, x having parallel tubular structure without central lumen; intestinal origin in xiii, no typhlosole; nephridia commence before gonadal segments.

Remarks: Bauba has dorsal pores, a typhlosole, and a single large gizzard in the space of vi and vii while Parabauba has a single gizzard in segment v. However, the calciferous glands of Bauba and Parabauba are of similar structure.