Four new earthworm species and subspecies belonging to genus Amynthas and Metaphire (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Hainan Island, China

Zootaxa. 2013:3619:383-93. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.3.7.

Abstract

Three new species and one new subspecies of earthworms from Hainan Island, China, are described: Amynthas dinganensis sp. nov., Amynthas tenuis sp. nov., Metaphire wuzhimontis sp. nov. and Metaphire magna minuscula subsp. nov. Amynthas dinganensis and Amynthas tenuis have two pairs of spermathecal pores in 5/6-6/7, and Metaphire wuzhimontis and Metaphire magna minuscula have two pairs of spermathecal pores in 7/8-8/9. COI and 16S gene fragments of the new species taxa have been sequenced. We provide comparisons between these new species taxa and related species using morphological and molecular characters.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • China
  • DNA, Mitochondrial / genetics
  • Electron Transport Complex IV / genetics
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Oligochaeta / anatomy & histology
  • Oligochaeta / classification*
  • Oligochaeta / genetics
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • DNA, Mitochondrial
  • Mitochondrial Proteins
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Electron Transport Complex IV

Associated data

  • GENBANK/JQ904530
  • GENBANK/JQ904531
  • GENBANK/JQ904532
  • GENBANK/JQ904533
  • GENBANK/JQ904534
  • GENBANK/JQ904535
  • GENBANK/JQ904536
  • GENBANK/JQ904537