Polypheretima elongata ( Perrier, 1872 )

Polypheretima elongata ( Perrier, 1872)

Material examined MP17-1231 - 1 A3, Union Carbide Factory, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Lat / Lon : 23.2806, 76.4102, elevation: 362.716 m, collected on 11th of September 2017 GoogleMaps ;

MP17-1232 - 2 A2, Javik Krishi Kendra, Patidar Krishi Farm, Fanda Block, Bhopal, Lat/Lon: 23.5669, 77.4584, elevation: 509.937 m, collected on 12th of September 2017, collected by Ashutosh Vishwakarma; MNP17-966-37A5, MNP17- 967-37A6, MNP17-1147-46A11; Keibul Lamjao National Park, Bishnupur, Manipur, Lat/Lon: 24.4953, 93.8319, elevation: 729.09 m; Heingang, paddy fields, close to Imphal River , Manipur; Lat/Lon: 24.8359, 93.95, elevation: 815.655 m; collected by Shweta Yadav, collected on 4th and 12th of October 2017 ( Fig. 11 View Fig ) GoogleMaps .

Description Length 80–246 mm, diameter 4–5 mm. Total number of segments 110–156. Prostomium pro-epilobic. First dorsal pore starts from xii/xiii. In specimen collected from Manipur, setae a and b enlarged from segment v–xiii, later on setae a enlarged up to anal end. Clitellum annular, covers three segments xiv–xvi. Female pore single median on xiv. Male pore on xviii, in setal line, on small disc intervened with 10–12 setae. Spermathecal pores usually absent, only observed in one specimen, three pairs of spermathecal pores in each intersegmental furrows of v/vi/vii. Genital marking large, raised, smooth disks, paired, presetal on xix, xx, xxi, xxii.

Oesophagus with single gizzard between septa viii–x. Lateral intestinal caeca absent. Last pair of heart in xiii. Intestine begins in xv. Holandric male organs, testis sac in x and xi, seminal vesicles in xi and xii. Ovaries in xiii. Prostate in xviii extended upto xvi–xx, with looped muscular duct, wider on ectal end. Spermathecae usually absent, when present, polythecal, in vi and vii, with a duct shorter than ampulla, stalked diverticulum attached to the base of spermathecal duct, with ovoidal end. Genital marking glands sessile.