Parvidrilus camachoi Martínez-Ansemil, Châtelliers, Martin & Sambugar, 2012, SP. NOV.
Creators: name: Martínez-Ansemil, Enrique
name: Châtelliers, Michel Creuzé Des
name: Martin, Patrick
name: Sambugar, Beatrice
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Haplotaxida
Parvidrilidae
Parvidrilus
Parvidrilus camachoi

description: PARVIDRILUS CAMACHOI MARTÍNEZ- ANSEMIL & SAMBUGAR SP. NOV. (FIG. 4)   
 Holotype: MNCN 16.03 /3070, mature specimen, longitudinal sectioned at 0.4 Mm, stained with toluidine blue and mounted in Canada balsam. Estaragüeña cave (43°17′58.2′′N, 4°36′23.5′′W, Z 53 m asl), Puentellés, Cantabria, Spain, 4.ix.2002, leg. Ana Camacho. Etymology: Named after Ana Camacho, responsible for the PASCALIS project for the Spanish partners, in honour of her important contribution to the knowledge of European biospeleology.   
 Description: Body wall thin (especially in dorsal part), and unpapillated. Large globular clitellar cells observed on lateral sides of XI– XIII (Fig 4D, cl); porophore and surrounding area glandular. Brain long, extending into segment IV, deeply incised posteriorly (Fig. 4B, b). Ventral nerve cord in contact with epidermis, beneath muscles of the body wall (Fig. 4B, C, nc). Most setigeral segments have a mid-dorsal glandular pouch opening posteriorly on each segment, at or near the transversal setal line (Fig. 4B, C, gp); glandular pouches absent from IV- VI.   
Digestive tract complete, entirely ciliated, and ending in a terminal anus. Eversible pharynx, with small dorsal pad set off from oesophagus, followed by a narrow winding tube extending into VIII, with thick muscular walls at about VII– VIII (Fig. 4C, oe); alimentary canal completed by a gut, clearly enlarged from segment XIII (Fig. 4E–J, g). Compact pharyngeal glands present in IV– VI (Fig. 4B, C, pg). Digestive tract from V, surrounded by a well-developed layer of chloragogen cells. Coelomocytes and nephridia not observed.  
Two narrow testes attached to septum 10/11 (Fig. 4H–I, t). Free germ cells and morulae floating in the coelomic cavity of segment XI (Fig. 4G, mo). A small seminal vesicle in XII (Fig. 4E, G, sv). Sperm funnels not observed. A piece of vas deferens (about 1.5 Mm wide) observed near the basal part of an atrium (Fig. 4A, F, vd). Atria tubular, somewhat curved, moderately elongated (about 32 Mm long, 8–10 Mm wide), extending into the beginning of XIII (Fig. 4A, F–J, a) merging, below the nerve cord, into a common ejaculatory duct which opens at the tip of a mid-ventral porophore located on the transversal setal line of segment XII (Fig. 4A, G–J, ed, mp, p). Atrial wall thin (less than 2 Mm thick) and muscular (?); ejaculatory duct surrounded by a thin layer of muscles. Atrial lumen filled in with a granular material (secretions?, or remains of old epithelial cells?), and with a large amount of spermatozoids, their heads distally attached to atrial wall, and their long flagella orientated to the proximal atrial end, with a clear flamigerous appearance (Fig. 4H–I, gm, sp). Prostate glands absent. Two ovaries attached to septum 11/12 (Fig. 4E, o). A large vitellogenic mature egg in segment XII, slightly protruding into XIII (Fig. 4E, e). Oviducts not observed. A single spermatheca is present in XIII. Spermathecal ampulla round (about 18 Mm in diameter), with a fine epithelial wall (1–3 Mm thick); spermathecal duct (about 10 Mm long) as a loosely defined structure, hollowed by a very narrow duct (?), ending near the septum 12/ 13 in a somewhat lateral position, at the left side of the worm (Fig 4A, E–H, sa, sd). Ampulla filled with spermatozoids, attached around the wall, and with a fine secretion.  
 Remarks: The description of external anatomy cannot be given in detail as the individual was sectioned. Nevertheless, prior to sectioning, we noted that the external anatomy of this specimen agrees in all respects with that of P. spelaeus, including size of the worm, absence of modified genital setae (Fig. 4A, E, cr), and shape and number of dorsal and ventral somatic setae.   
 Parvidrilus camachoi sp. nov. is one of three Parvidrilus species known so far that have a single spermatheca in segment XIII. The narrow and moderately elongated, tubular, bent atria and the roundish spermathecal ampulla filed with spermatozoids attached around the wall are diagnostic traits for this new species. The closest relative to P. camachoi sp. nov. is P. spelaeus but in the latter, atria are pyriform, the spermatheca is very large and irregular in shape, and sperm is arranged in large masses of agglutinated spermatozoids into the spermatheca.   
 Distribution and habitat: Parvidrilus camachoi is known only from the type locality in the Estaragüeña cave Puentellés, Cantabria, Spain. Estaragüeña corresponds to a resurgence of the Diva River. The cave is hardly accessible, as there is a siphon a few metres from the entrance of the gallery. The species was found in the entrance hall, along the edge of the siphon, in wet sands with abundant organic matter.
description: Published as part of Martínez-Ansemil, Enrique, Châtelliers, Michel Creuzé Des, Martin, Patrick & Sambugar, Beatrice, 2012, The Parvidrilidae - a diversified groundwater family: description of six new species from southern Europe, and clues for its phylogenetic position within Clitellata (Annelida), pp. 530-558 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 166 (3) on pages 538-540, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00857.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5408987