Pheretima ceramensis (Cognetti, 1922)

James, Samuel W., 2004, New Species Of Amynthas, Pheretima And Pleionogaster (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) Of The Mt. Kitanglad Range, Mindanao Island, Philippines, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (2), pp. 289-313 : 299

Pheretima ceramensis

Pheretima ceramensis Cognetti, 1922: p.1 .

Material examined. – Type - 1 adult ( BMNH 1921.7.30.7/8), Ceram, Indonesia, coll. Pratt, no date .

Description. – Dusky pigmentation, no stripes; 160mm x 13 mm (viii), 7-8 mm elsewhere. Spermathecal pores 7/8, 5 mm apart; male pores xviii 5 mm apart in 6 th setal line, one seta between male pores; female pore single; no genital markings.

Septa 4/5-7/8, 10/11-13/14 muscular, 8/9 membranous, 9/10 absent; nephridial masses on anterior faces of septa 5/6/7. Large gizzard viii, esophagus vascular but not lamellar xixiii, intestinal origin _xv, typhlosole low thin fold from xxvii; 36 longitudinal vessels in intestinal wall; caeca origin xxvii, extends forward to xxiv, simple with smooth margins.

Lateral commissures vii-ix, hearts x-xiii esophageal; supraesophageal vessel visible x-xiii, extraesophageal vessel receives posterior latero-parietal vessels in xiii; these vessels extend from clitellum segments forward to xiii.

Spermathecae in vii, large rounded ampulla filled with coagulated material, soil particles, and small ovate discs <1mm diam.; duct short, broad; diverticulum stalk short, straight, chamber sausage-shaped. Holandric, testes sacs paired, ventral; seminal vesicles xi, xii acinous with dorsal appendage; vasa deferentia slightly muscularized, distinctly two tubules but adherent, becoming fused towards junction with ental end of prostatic duct; prostates in four lobes wrapped around large hemispherical copulatory pouch, duct enters apex of pouch; pouch muscular in external appearance, with thick blocky penis from roof, floor with four oval pads, two medial and two lateral to copulatory pouch opening.