Aulodrilus sp.

Martin, Patrick, Schmelz, Rüdiger M. & Dole-Olivier, Marie-José, 2015, Groundwater oligochaetes (Annelida, Clitellata) from the Mercantour National Park (France), with the descriptions of one new genus and two new stygobiont species, Zoosystema 37 (4), pp. 551-569 : 559-560

Aulodrilus sp.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Station 2: slide 11.019.03a, 1 fragment (10 segments) of an immature specimen; IRScNB, I.G. 32392.

REMARKS

Dorsal bundles with 4-5 bifid setae per bundle, with upper tooth slightly shorter than lower, and 3-4 smooth and short hair setae. Up to seven setae in ventral bundles, with upper tooth slightly shorter than lower. No coelomocytes.

This specimen is tentatively attributed to the genus Aulodrilus Bretscher, 1899 on the basis of its setal features. It is also conceivable that it might belong to Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard, 1892 , although in the latter species upper teeth in crochets are either absent or much shorter than those observed on the present specimen.

Family ENCHYTRAEIDAE Vejdovský, 1879