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Ohtakiana Fend & Torii 2024, gen. nov.

Year: 2024

Type: other

Abstract: Ohtakiana Fend & Torii gen. nov. (clade 4 in Fig. 1) ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 9B8F7B8B-9C7F-47CF-B83F-47EFF7AB0A57 Type species: By monotypy, Ohtakiana kakidaensis Fend & Torii sp. nov. Etymology Named for Prof. Akifumi Ohtaka, in appreciation for his many contributions to the study of Japanese oligochaetes and branchiobdellidans. Diagnosis Chaetae four pairs per segment, simple-pointed, sigmoid, nodulate, with dorsal pairs slightly smaller than ventral. Pharynx eversible, with large pharyngeal glands; gut with chloragogen layer. Nephridial ducts simple, tubular. Dorsal and ventral blood vessels connected by long commissural vessels. Large midventral glands in post-clitellar segments. Clitellum one cell thick. Spermathecae 3 pairs, pores anterolateral in VI–VIII. Two pairs of testes in X–XI, two pairs of ovaries in XII–XIII, eggs mesolecithal. Gonoducts simple, plesioporous; male ducts tubular, with pores slightly anterior to ventral chaetae; female ducts are conical funnels, with pores anterior to ventral chaetae.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14810365

Authors: Martin, Patrick, Fend, Steven, Martinsson, Svante, Klinth, Mårten, Torii, Takaaki, Erséus, Christer

Institutions: Institute of Natural Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Shizuoka University, University of Shizuoka, IDEA Consultants, Inc. (Japan)

Language: English

Topic: Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6931102293

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