Marine species of Ainudrilus and Heterodrilus (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae: Rhyacodrilinae) from Hainan Island in southern China |
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| Authors: | Hongzhu Wang Christer Erséus |
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| Institution: | 1. State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Wuhan, 430072, China E-mail: wanghz@ihb.ac.cn;2. Department of Invertebrate Zoology , Swedish Museum of Natural History , Box 50007, SE‐104 05, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Six species of Rhyacodrilinae (Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) are reported from intertidal and shallow water subtidal habitats around Hainan Island in southern China. Four species are new to science: Ainudrilus pauciseta n. sp., Heterodrilus chenianus n. sp., Heterodrilus nudus n. sp., and Heterodrilus uniformis n. sp. Japanese material of Ainudrilus lutulentus (Erséus, 1984) is also briefly described. Hitherto, 27 species belonging to Tubificidae have been recorded from Hainan. |
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| Keywords: | Ainudrilus Heterodrilus Tubificidae marine oligochaetes taxonomy new species faunal diversity southern China Japan |
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