Rhinodrilus

Rhinodrilus is a genus of Wenigborstern within the family of proboscis worms ( Glossoscolecidae ). The type species Rhinodrilus paradoxus from Venezuela in 1872 by Edmond Perrier ( 1844-1921 ) described.

Features

The taxa of the genus Rhinodrilus usually reach a length of up to 110 centimeters. One exception is the probably extinct species Rhinodrilus fafner from Brazil is that counted with a length of 210 centimeters and a body segment number of 600 of the longest known Wenigborsterarten the world.

The body color varies from dark brown light yellow to brown, light gray, bluish- green, yellowish -gray to pale.

The most rüsselformige prostomium is often retractable until the second segment. The bristles are arranged in regular lines and closely coupled to the front body. The male Porus ( glandular thickening in the area of male genital opening ) located in the area of the belt ( clitellum ). The seeds bag pores are, when present, usually before the eleventh body segment. The appearance of the belt is annular or saddle-shaped.

System

The genus Rhinodrilus following taxa include:

  • Rhinodrilus adelae. Distribution: Ceará in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus alatus. Distribution: Minas Gerais in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus annulatus. Distribution: Amapá in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus appuni appuni. Distribution: Puerto Carbello in Venezuela
  • Rhinodrilus appuni pavoni. Distribution: Puerto Ayacucho in Venezuela
  • Rhinodrilus ayacu. Distribution: Puerto Ayacucho in Venezuela
  • Rhinodrilus bursiferus. Distribution: Amapá in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus contortus. Distribution: Amazonia, Venezuela, and the Amazon in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus corderoi. Distribution: San Esteban and Aragua in Venezuela
  • Rhinodrilus cucho. Distribution: Ayacucho in Venezuela
  • Rhinodrilus duseni. Distribution: Parana, Sao Paulo and Mato Grosso in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus elisianae. Distribution: Pará, Rondonia and Amazonas in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus evandroi. Distribution: Destrito Federal in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus fafner. Distribution: Minas Gerais in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus francisci. Distribution: Pernambuco in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus fuenzalidae. Distribution: Miranda in Venezuela
  • Rhinodrilus garbei cubanus. Distribution: Mato Grosso in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus garbei garbei. Distribution: Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus hoeflingae. Distribution: Minas Gerais in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus Horsti. Distribution: Minas Gerais in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus Jucundus. Distribution: Goiás in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus lavellei. Distribution: Pernambuco in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus longus. Distribution: French Guiana and Amapá in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus lourdesae. Distribution: Rondonia in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus lucilleae. Distribution: Amazon River in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus mamita. Distribution: Ceará in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus marcusae. Distribution: Bahia in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus mortis. Distribution: Mato Grosso in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus motucu. Distribution: Goiás, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Bahia and Sergipe in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus mucuba. Distribution: Andes in Venezuela
  • Rhinodrilus panxin. Distribution: Goiás and Pará in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus paradoxus. Distribution: Amazon River in Brazil, Colombia, Puerto Cabello in Venezuela, French Guiana, Caribbean
  • Rhinodrilus parvus. Distribution: Chaco in Argentina and Bolivia in Quijarro
  • Rhinodrilus pashanasi. Distribution: Peru
  • Rhinodrilus pitun. Distribution: Pernambuco in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus priollii. Distribution: Amazon River in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus Romanized. Distribution: Amazon River in Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus senckenbergi. Distribution: Espirito Santo, Brazil
  • Rhinodrilus senex. Distribution: Aragua in Venezuela
  • Rhinodrilus sibateensis Distribution: Colombia
  • Rhinodrilus sieversi. Distribution: Puerto Cabello in Venezuela, Trinidad
  • Rhinodrilus timote. Distribution: Aragua in Venezuela
  • Rhinodrilus xeabaibus. Distribution: Rio de Janeiro in Brazil
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