Glossoscolex Leuckart, 1835
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.21 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7751967 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AB3B5A-FFA6-FF9B-0ED4-FB86ACC54CED |
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Plazi |
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Glossoscolex Leuckart, 1835 |
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Genus Glossoscolex Leuckart, 1835 (in Froriep 1835).
Type species. Glossoscolex ( Glossoscolex) giganteus Leuckart, 1836 (in Oken 1836)
Diagnosis. Setae in 8 longitudinal lines. One pair of male pores. One pair of calciferous glands in segment 11 or 12 with composite-tubular structure. Sexual system metandric and metagynic; seminal vesicles in general long; a pair of copulatory bulbs connecting sperm ducts and the external male genital pores; spermathecae absent.
Number of described species/subspecies: 58 (including the ones in the present paper). Distribution (No. species/subspecies): Brazil (48), Argentina (6), Paraguay (4), Uruguay (4) (updated from Feijoo & Brown 2018). In a few cases (5) species have been found in more than one country ( Fragoso & Brown 2007).
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