Glossoscolex Leuckart, 1835

Dudas, Rafaela Tavares, Bartz, Marie Luise Carolina, Cunha, Luis & Brown, George Gardner, 2025, New species of Glossoscolex and Fimoscolex earthworms (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes, Zootaxa 5728 (1), pp. 79-106 : 83

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5728.1.3

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scientific name

Glossoscolex Leuckart, 1835
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Genus Glossoscolex Leuckart, 1835 View in CoL

Type species Glossoscolex giganteus Leuckart, 1835 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Setae in 8 longitudinal lines, one or two male pores associated with a pair of copulatory bulbs. One pair of calciferous glands in segments XI or XII, of composite-tubular structure. Sexual system metandric and metagynic, frequently long seminal vesicles, but spermathecae absent .

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