Aulophorus furcatus (O. F. Müller, 1773)

Righi, Gilberto & Hamoui, Viviane, 2002, Oligochaeta, Naididae Of The West Indies And Adjacent Regions, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 42 (6), pp. 119-167 : 134-136

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11606/0031-1049.2002.42.p119-167
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12661017
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scientific name	Aulophorus furcatus (O. F. Müller, 1773)
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Aulophorus furcatus (O. F. Müller, 1773) View in CoL

Nais furcata O. F. Müller, 1773: 23 View in CoL .

Dero furcata, Stieren, 1892: 122 View in CoL .

Dero furcatus, Coates & Stacey, 1994: 82 View in CoL .

Dero (Aulophorus) furcatus, Sperber, 1948: 191 View in CoL , fig. 20B-D; Di Persia, 1974: 37, figs. 1-5; Harman, 1974: 31; 1982a: 290; Martinez-Ansemil & Giani, 1986: 113.

Dero (Aulophorus) furcata, Dumnicka, 1986: 272 View in CoL .

Aulophorus furcatus, Michaelsen, 1933: 338 View in CoL ; Cordero, 1931a: 334; 1931b: 350; 1951: 231; Cernosvitov, 1937: 145; 1942: 201; Marcus, 1943: 87, figs. 61, 66-71; 1944: 50; du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1947: 6; 1949: 2.

Aulophorus africanus Michaelsen, 1914: 152 View in CoL , pl. IV, figs. 1-3; Hrabe, 1966: 382, figs. 33-37; Grimm, 1985: 114, fig. 6.

Material: Key Biscaine 694: 1 specimen. Cayman Brac 007 : 1 specimen. Puerto Rico 706: 1 specimen . St. Martin 097: 10 specimens ; 529: 8 specimens; 529b: 10 specimens; 529c: 67 specimens; 538: 1 specimen; 538b: 1 specimen. St. Barthélemy 523: 725 specimens . St. Eustatius 508: 15 specimens ; 515a: 4 specimens. St. Christopher 503 : 42 specimens. Barbuda 675: 3 specimens . Montserrat 838 : 14 specimens; 841: 2 specimens. Marie Galante 756 : 1 specimen. Îles des Saintes 760 : 17 specimens. Dominique 846 : 10 specimens; 847: 1 specimen. Martinique 767 : 2 specimens; 852: 37 specimens. Barbados 867: 13 specimens . Grenada 860: 2 specimens . 860A: 2 specimens. Trinidad 116: 4 specimens ; 648: 20 specimens. Los Testigos 30 : 2 specimens. Margarita 20 : 4 specimens. Blanquilla 38 : 1 specimen. Bonaire 44b: 6 specimens ; 44c: 401 specimens; 44e: 12 specimens; 44A: 10 specimens; 44Ae: 4 specimens; 44B: 8 specimens; 44Ba: 10 specimens; 44C: 8 specimens; 45A: 16 specimens; 52: 17 specimens; 52a: 1 specimen; 52c: 14 specimens: 52d: 3 specimens; 52e: 1 specimem; 53: 5 specimens; 53e: 8 specimens; 53f: 1 specimen; 53g: 6 specimens; 54: 6 specimens; 54b: 6 specimens; 374: 2 specimens; 379a: 14 specimens; 379c: 5 specimens; 379d: 1 specimen; 379h: 2 specimens; 3791: 8 specimens; 882: 13 specimens; 882a: 8 specimens; 882A: 280 specimens: 901a: 15 specimens; 902: 14 specimens; 930: 10 specimens. Klein Bonaire 61a : 2 specimens; 64: 3 specimens. Curaçao 67: 1 specimen ; 67a: 15 specimens; 70: 1 specimen; 74: 3 specimens; 74a: 2 specimens; 75a: 3 specimens; 76A: 3 specimens; 77A: 1 specimen; 77b: 5 specimen; 77c: 3 specimens; 82: 1 specimen; 339A: 1 specimen; 389B: 5 specimens; 395A: 2 specimens; 891: 1 specimen; 892: 5 specimens; 895: 3 specimens. Aruba 401: 16 specimens ; 634: 3 specimens; 636: 11 specimens. Paraguaná 105 : 41 specimens. Surinam 119: 8 specimens ; 120: 2 specimens; 642A: 1 specimen; 646: 1 specimen; 923: 14 specimens; 929: 4 specimens. Habitat : Limnetic to mesohalines; salinity 0.03-7.3 %.

Distribution: Cosmopolite. Neotropical occurrences: Argentina: Prov.

Missiones, Entre Rios, Santa Fe ( Cernosvitov, 1937; 1942; Di Persia, 1974). Uruguay ( Cordero, 1931a). Bolivia: Dept. Santa Cruz (Martinez-Ansemil & Giani, 1986). Brazil: States São Paulo, Pernambuco, Pará, Amazonas ( Marcus, 1943; 1944; du Bois-Reymond Marcus, 1947; 1949). Venezuela: Dept. Falcon ( Dumnicka, 1986). Guyana ( Coates & Stacey, 1994), Surinam ( Harman, 1974). Costa Rica ( Harman, 1982a). Paraguaná; Aruba; Curaçao; Klein Bonaire; Bonaire; Blanquilla; Margarita; Los Testigos; Trinidad; Grenada; Barbados; Martinique; Dominique; Îles des Saintes; Marie Galante; Montserrat; Barbuda; St. Christoffer; St. Eustatius; St. Barthélemy; St. Martin; Anguilla; Virgin Gorda; Tortola; Anegada; Culebra; Puerto Rico; Haiti; Cayman Brac; Florida Keys (Styieren, 1892; Michaelsen, 1933; Dumnicka 1986; Righi & Hamoui).

Remarks: The relations of length and of thickeness of the needle teeth present a large inter- and intrapopulational gradation therefore we did not set a taxonomical distiction for worms with similar teeth and we accepted the synonymy of Aulophorus africanus proposed by Sperber (1948).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Annelida
Class	Clitellata
Order	Tubificida
Family	Naididae
Genus	Aulophorus