Sparganophilus Benham, 1892

Carrera-Martínez, Roberto, Taylor, Melanie K., Jones, Daniel, Schoville, Sean D., Snyder, Bruce A. & Callaham, Mac A., 2025, The unseen diversity of the semi-aquatic earthworms of the genus Sparganophilus (Oligochaeta: Sparganophilidae) from the Southeastern Appalachian Piedmont, Zootaxa 5589 (1), pp. 382-409 : 387

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scientific name	Sparganophilus Benham, 1892
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Genus Sparganophilus Benham, 1892 View in CoL

Diagnosis: Prostomium zygoloboic. Unpigmented. Male pores intraclitellar. Gizzard, calciferous lamellae and glands, typhlosole, and intestinal caeca absent. Holonephridia, first pair in or behind xi, nephridiopores intrasegmental. Spermatheca, when present, without diverticula. Semiaquatic or limicolous earthworms.

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Annelida
Class	Clitellata
SubClass	Oligochaeta
Order	Crassiclitellata
Family	Sparganophilidae

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