DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15156846
title: TABLE 4 in Earthworms (Oligochaeta, Clitellata) of the Mitaraka range (French Guiana): commented checklist with description of one genus and eighteen species new to science

description: TABLE 4. — Main morpho-anatomical characteristics of the new Rhinodrilidae Benham, 1890 species from the Mitaraka range.
SpeciesPigmentationSize (mm)ClitellumTubercula pubertatisCalciferous glandsSpermathecaeTestesAndiorrhinus pascalei Bartz & Decaëns, n. sp.Absent158 to 196(dorsal XIII) XIV-XXI (dorsal XXII-XXIII)1/ XV-3/ XX 4 4Three pairs in VII-IX, lamellar structureThree pairs in VII-IX, very small spatula-shapedTwo pairs of testes and funnels in X -XIMartiodrilus flavus Decaëns & Bartz, n. sp.Yellow to grey, clitellum pink265 to 300(½ XIII) XIV- ½ XXVIXIX-XXVEight pairs in VII-XIV, tubular composite structureThree pairs in VI-VIII, small elongatedMidventral or hypoesophagic in X-XIMartiodrilus tchoukouchipan Decaëns & Bartz, n. sp.Dorsally yellow-brown, ventrally yellow55 to 75(dorsal XIV) XV (XVI)- ½ XXV1/4XX-3/4 XXVEight pairs in VII-XIV, tubular composite structureThree pairs in VI-VIII, elongatedPeriesophageal in X-XI, enclosing SVMartiodrilus pavliceki Bartz & Decaëns, n. sp.Dorsally yellow-brown to brown, ventrally beige95(dorsal XIV)XIX-1/nXXVEight pairs in VII-XIV, tubular composite structureThree pairs in VII-IX, thin duct terminated by a round and flattened sacPeriesophageal in X-XI, enclosing SV, heart and CGMartiodrilus lavellei Decaëns & Bartz, n. sp.Dorsally light brown, ventrally beige56(dorsal XV) XVI-XXV1/ XX-½ XXV 4Eight pairs in VII-XIV, tubular composite structureThree pairs in VI-VIII, ovoid elongatedPeriesophageal in X-XI, enclosing SV, heart and CGMartiodrilus mitarakaDorsally red-100 to 130(dorsal ½ XIII, XIV) XV (XVI)- XXV(XIX) XX-(XXV) XXVIEight pairs in VII-XIV, tubular composite structureFour pairs in V-VIII, elongatedPeriesophageal in X-XIMartiodrilus luminescens Decaëns & Bartz, n. sp.Dorsal grey-brown, ventral light brown109 to 170XXI-XXVIIEight pairs in VII-XIV, tubular composite structureFour pairs in VI-IX, elongatedPeriesophageal in X-XI, sacs attached in XIV/ XVMartiodrilus wayana Bartz & Decaëns, n. sp.Dorsally dark brown, ventrally yellow55 to 74(dorsal XIII, XIV) XV-(XXV) XXVIXX- ½ XXVIEight pairs in VII-XIV, tubular composite structureThree pairs in VI-VIII, spatula-shapedPeriesophageal in X-XI, enclosing SVMartiodrilus alexi Bartz & Decaëns, n. sp.Dorsally beige to brown, ventrally beige170 to 2251/n XIV-XXV (1/ XXVI) 3XX-XXVIEight pairs in VII-XIV, tubular composite structureFour pairs in V-VIII, elongatedPeriesophageal in X-XI, enclosing SV, heart and CGMartiodrilus motoloi Bartz & Decaëns, n. sp.Dorsally dark red-brown, ventrally light brown42 to 56(dorsal XIV) XV- ½ XXVI1/3XX-½ XXVEight pairs in VII-XIV, tubular composite structureThree pairs in VI-VIII, elongatedPeriesophageal in X-XI, enclosing SV, heart and CGUrobenus gui a nomeridionalis Bartz & Decaëns, n. sp.Dorsally dark grey, ventrally beige to yellowThree pairs, tubular paniculated structure in VII-VIII and trabecular structure in IXThree pairs in VII-IX, small elongatedTwo pairs in X and XIIAtatina albida Bartz & Decaëns, n. sp.Absent25 to 41XV-XXIVXVII-XXIVFour pairs intestinal, intra-mural in IX-XIITwo pairs in VIII and IXMidventral metandric in XI
description: Published as part of Decaëns, Thibaud, Bartz, Marie Luise Carolina, Bartz, arolina, Feijoo-Martínez, Alexander, Goulpeau, Arnaud, Lapied, Emmanuel, Marchán, Daniel F., Maggia, Marie-Eugénie, Papuga, Guillaume & James, Samuel W., 2024, Earthworms (Oligochaeta, Clitellata) of the Mitaraka range (French Guiana): commented checklist with description of one genus and eighteen species new to science, pp. 228 in Zoosystema 46 (9) on page 228, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a9, http://zenodo.org/record/12551981