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Insulodrilus martensi, a new species of Phreodrilidae (Oligochaeta) from Lake Tanganyika (East-Africa)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

P. Martin  and
N. Giani
P. Martin
Affiliation:
Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (I.R.Sc.N.B.), Section Biologie des Eaux Douces (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Freshwater Biology), 29, rue Vautier, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium
N. Giani
Affiliation:
Université Paul Sabatier, Laboratoire d'Hydrobiologie, URA CNRS 695, 118, route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex, France.
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Abstract

Insulodrilus martensi sp. n. is the third species of the genus Insulodrilus reported from Lake Tanganyika (East Africa). A description of the new species is given below and a comparison with its congeners occurring in the same lake is made. From this comparison, the placement of Insulodrilus tanganyikae (Brinkhurst 1970) to the genus Insulodrilus is queried. The creation of a new genus might resolve its ambiguous position, straddling the genera Astacopsidrilus and Insulodrilus.

Keywords

aquatic oligochaetesphreodrilidaeinsulodrilus martensiAfricaoligochètes aquatiquesphreodrilidaeinsulodrilus martensiAfrique
Type
Research Article
Information
Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , March 1995 , pp. 3 - 8
Copyright
© Gauthier-Villars, 1995

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