Criodrilus lacuum Hoffmeister, 1845

Latif, Robabeh, Rejali, Farhad, Aminjan, Atabak Roohi & Esmaeilizad, Ashraf, 2021, New earthworm records from the Caspian Hyrcanian Forests of Iran (Oligochaeta: Megadrili), Zootaxa 5052 (3), pp. 433-440 : 438

Criodrilus lacuum Hoffmeister

Diagnosis: Length 120–122 mm. Color, brown. Dorsal pores absent. Body is quadrangular. Setae closely paired. Clitellum on segments 16–42. Genital tumescences on segments 9–13. Male pores on segment 15. Spermathecal pores and tubercula pubertatis absent, seminal vesicles in segments 9–12 ( Figure 2D ).

Habitat: Near the roots of aquatic plants

Material examined: CCSM-E 000055.2 ex. Guilan Province, Talesh to Lisar , 28.09.2019. Leg . R. Latif, A. Esmaeilizad .

Figures

FIGURE 2. A. Lumbricus rubellus, dorsolateral view; B. Octodrilus transpadanus, dorsolateral view; C. Metaphire californica, spermathecal and male pore regions; D. Criodrilus lacuum, ventrolatral view (Cl: Clitellum; Tb: Tubercula pubertatis; Sp: spermatecal pores; Mp: Male pore).