Pontoscolex (Nulloscolex) Hernandez-García, 2023

Hernández-García, Luis Manuel, Sousa, Sandriel Costa, Pereira, Natália Jovita, Rousseau, Guillaume Xavier & Ferreira, Carmen, 2023, Additions to earthworms (Annelida, Crassiclitellata) from Aragua and Miranda states, Venezuela, Zootaxa 5255 (1), pp. 171-182 : 178

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.18
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E0D6460-38C7-42D5-AE06-31B610AF9651
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7744690
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/31328780-5F67-B433-86F0-F957FB9BF84B
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Pontoscolex (Nulloscolex) Hernandez-García
status	subgen. nov.

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Pontoscolex (Nulloscolex) Hernandez-García , nov. subgen.

Type species. Pontoscolex (Nulloscolex) hugoi , n. sp.

Diagnosis. Tubercula pubertatis absent. Small calciferous glands of simple tubular structure. Large spermathecae in VI–VIII. Posterior setae irregularly arranged. Anterior septa with conventional parietal insertion.

Etymology. The subgenus name derives from the absence of tubercula pubertatis.

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No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.

Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Annelida
Class	Clitellata
Order	Crassiclitellata
Family	Glossoscolecidae
Genus	Pontoscolex

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