TABLE 4 in Three Novel Species of Earthworms of Genus Metaphire Sims and Easton, 1972 from Manipur, India
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| contents | <p><b>TABLE 4.</b> Comparative traits of the novel species and related species.</p><table><thead><tr><th><b>S. No.</b></th><th><b>Morphological characters</b></th><th><b><i>M. thabiensis</i> sp. nov.</b></th><th><b><i>M. californica</i> (Kinberg 1867)</b></th><th><b><i>M. kengtungensis</i> (Gates 1931)</b></th><th><b><i>M. lorella</i> (Gates 1936)</b></th><th><b><i>M. javanica</i> (Kinberg 1867)</b></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th>1</th><td>Body length (mm)</td><td>31</td><td>50–132</td><td>108</td><td>100–140</td><td>50–130</td></tr><tr><th>2</th><td>Diameter (mm)</td><td>2</td><td>3–5</td><td>4</td><td>5–6</td><td>3–5</td></tr><tr><th>3</th><td>Segment number</td><td>126</td><td>85–115</td><td>109</td><td>?</td><td>80–110</td></tr><tr><th>4</th><td>First dorsal pore</td><td>9/10</td><td>11/12</td><td>12/13</td><td>12/13</td><td>6/7–13/14</td></tr><tr><th>5</th><td>Male pore</td><td>encircled with oval swollen lining, (0.40x body circumference)</td><td>on small tubercle at end of a columnar protuberance from the roof of an eversible, deep, transversely slit-like parietal invagination</td><td>on a short, rather stout penis within a longitudinally ellipsoidal copulatory chamber</td><td>at ventral end of a slenderly conical penis, on roof of a thick-walled, longitudinally ovoidal, parietal chamber opening</td><td>opening onto the surface through tumescent lips on segment xviii, c. 0.2 circumference apart</td></tr><tr><th>6</th><td>Spermathecae</td><td>large flipper-like ampullae or obovoid, duct stout, conical, muscular with flat top, club-shaped stalked diverticulum</td><td>duct shorter than ampulla, variously-looped stalked diverticulum</td><td>duct rather stout, slightly shorter than ampulla, diverticulum looped and bound to duct</td><td>duct about as long as am- pulla, bulbous ectally, diverticulum spirally wound or variously bent</td><td>duct shorter than the ampulla and a slender diverticulum usually long and highly convoluted</td></tr><tr><th>7</th><td>Lateral intestinal caeca</td><td>xxv–xviii</td><td>xxvii–xxi</td><td>xxvii–xxi</td><td>xxvii–xix</td><td>xxvii–xxiii, xxiv</td></tr></tbody></table><p>......continued on the next page</p> |
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| spellingShingle | TABLE 4 in Three Novel Species of Earthworms of Genus Metaphire Sims and Easton, 1972 from Manipur, India Tiwari, Nalini Shilpi, Kaushik James, Samuel W. Gupta, Neelima Yadav, Shweta Biodiversity Taxonomy <p><b>TABLE 4.</b> Comparative traits of the novel species and related species.</p><table><thead><tr><th><b>S. No.</b></th><th><b>Morphological characters</b></th><th><b><i>M. thabiensis</i> sp. nov.</b></th><th><b><i>M. californica</i> (Kinberg 1867)</b></th><th><b><i>M. kengtungensis</i> (Gates 1931)</b></th><th><b><i>M. lorella</i> (Gates 1936)</b></th><th><b><i>M. javanica</i> (Kinberg 1867)</b></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th>1</th><td>Body length (mm)</td><td>31</td><td>50–132</td><td>108</td><td>100–140</td><td>50–130</td></tr><tr><th>2</th><td>Diameter (mm)</td><td>2</td><td>3–5</td><td>4</td><td>5–6</td><td>3–5</td></tr><tr><th>3</th><td>Segment number</td><td>126</td><td>85–115</td><td>109</td><td>?</td><td>80–110</td></tr><tr><th>4</th><td>First dorsal pore</td><td>9/10</td><td>11/12</td><td>12/13</td><td>12/13</td><td>6/7–13/14</td></tr><tr><th>5</th><td>Male pore</td><td>encircled with oval swollen lining, (0.40x body circumference)</td><td>on small tubercle at end of a columnar protuberance from the roof of an eversible, deep, transversely slit-like parietal invagination</td><td>on a short, rather stout penis within a longitudinally ellipsoidal copulatory chamber</td><td>at ventral end of a slenderly conical penis, on roof of a thick-walled, longitudinally ovoidal, parietal chamber opening</td><td>opening onto the surface through tumescent lips on segment xviii, c. 0.2 circumference apart</td></tr><tr><th>6</th><td>Spermathecae</td><td>large flipper-like ampullae or obovoid, duct stout, conical, muscular with flat top, club-shaped stalked diverticulum</td><td>duct shorter than ampulla, variously-looped stalked diverticulum</td><td>duct rather stout, slightly shorter than ampulla, diverticulum looped and bound to duct</td><td>duct about as long as am- pulla, bulbous ectally, diverticulum spirally wound or variously bent</td><td>duct shorter than the ampulla and a slender diverticulum usually long and highly convoluted</td></tr><tr><th>7</th><td>Lateral intestinal caeca</td><td>xxv–xviii</td><td>xxvii–xxi</td><td>xxvii–xxi</td><td>xxvii–xix</td><td>xxvii–xxiii, xxiv</td></tr></tbody></table><p>......continued on the next page</p> |
| title | TABLE 4 in Three Novel Species of Earthworms of Genus Metaphire Sims and Easton, 1972 from Manipur, India |
| topic | Biodiversity Taxonomy |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15160411 |