Rhyacodrilus coccineus ( Vejdovsky , 1876)

Baturina, Maria A., Kaygorodova, Irina A. & Loskutova, Olga A., 2020, New data on species diversity of Annelida (Oligochaeta, Hirudinea) in the Kharbey lakes system, Bolshezemelskaya tundra (Russia), ZooKeys 910, pp. 43-78 : 43

31. Rhyacodrilus coccineus ( Vejdovsky, 1876)

Tubifex coccineus Vejdovský, 1876

Tubifex lunzensis Pointner, 1914

Geographic distribution.

Holarctic species but recorded also from Australia and Antarctic islands. In the Russian tundra: Murmansk Region ( Timm and Popchenko 1978), the Pechora River delta ( Baturina 2018), the Vashutkiny lakes system ( Finogenova 1966), Lake Ambarty and some other lakes in the Korotaikha River basin ( Popchenko 1978), lakes in the Kara River basin ( Baturina et al. 2014b), northern part of Western Siberia ( Zaloznyj 1984), the Anadyr River basin ( Morev 1983a, b), Chukotka Peninsula ( Sokolskaya 1986).

Location.

Lake Bolshoy Kharbey (67°32'44.2"N, 62°55'22.3"E); temporary pond near Kharbey (67°58'00"N, 62°34'60"E).

Ecology.

The species was observed in the shore zone on silted sand between stones. In temporary pond, R. coccineus was found in wet moss.