Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855)

Assis, José Eriberto De, Botelho, José Roberto, Souza, Botelho, Martins, Maria Laís, Vieira, Martins, Souza, João Vitor Nunes De, Rodrigues, Gilberto Gonçalves & Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey, 2017, A catalogue of the Eudrilidae and Megascolecidae (Clitellata: Lumbricina) from South America, with two new records of exotic species from Brazil, Turkish Journal of Zoology 41 (4), pp. 599-614 : 609

18. Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855)

Lumbricus litoralis Grube, 1855: 127 ;?[ Pontoscolex arenicola Schmarda, 1861: 11 (?part); Pontodrilus marionis Perrier, 1874: 1582 ; Pontodrilus bermudensis Beddard, 1891: 96 ; Cryptodrilus insularis Rosa, 1891: 387 , fig. 11 (of left prostate); Pontodrilus arenae Michaelsen, 1892: 222 , fig. 9; Pontodrilus sp. Michaelsen, 1894: 184; Pontodrilus hesperidum Beddard, 1894: 37 ; Pontodrilus insularis : Beddard, 1895 a: 471; Pontodrilus michaelseni Eisen, 1895: 73 ; Pontodrilus ephippiger Rosa, 1898: 277 , 281; Pontodrilus matsushimensis Iizuka, 1898: 21 , Pl. II; Pontodrilus ephippiger laysanianus Michaelsen, 1899: 217 ; Pontodrilus matsushimensis chathamianus Michaelsen, 1899: 220 ; Pontodrilus michaelseni hortensis Eisen, 1900: 129 , 241, figs.; Pontodrilus laccadivensis Beddard, 1903: 374 ; Pontodrilus crosslandi Beddard, 1906: 561 ; Pontodrilus albanyensis Michaelsen, 1907 a: 185; Pontodrilus bermudensis ephippiger : Stephenson, 1915: 145; Plutellus (Pontodrilus) bermudensis : Michaelsen, 1922: 22; 1935: 106; Pontodrilus albanyensis var. cygni Jackson, 1931: 94 ; Plutellus (Pontodrilus) matsushimensis indica Michaelsen, 1935: 106 ; Pontodrilus gracilis Gates, 1943: 100 .

Pontodrilus litoralis : Beddard, 1895 a: 469 (syn. marionis ); Michaelsen, 1900: 180 (syn. marionis ); Cognetti, 1901: 404; Michaelsen, 1910 c: 89 (syn. marionis , crosslandi , albanyensis ); Easton, 1984: 114, fig. 1f [syn. arenicola (part.), marionis , bermudensis , insularis , arenae , hesperidum , michaelseni , ephippiger , bermudensis ephippiger .- Stephenson, 1915, matsushimensis , ephippiger laysanianus (syn. michaelseni hortensis), matsushimensis chathamianus, michaelseni hortensis, P. sp. Michaelsen, 1894, P. (P.) sp. Michaelsen, 1930, laccadivensis , crosslandi , albanyensis , P. sp. Michaelsen, 1913, albanyensis cygni, matsushimensis indica , P. sp. Gates, 1936, gracilis ].

Distribution: CHI: Galapagos Islands ( Blakemore, 2002). COL: Cartagena ( Michaelsen, 1910). VEN: Morrocoy National Park: Playa Mero; Cayo Cico; Cayo Sombrero ( Easton, 1984; Righi, 1989; Zicsi, 1995a). BRA: RS ( Michaelsen, 1900b, 1910); SC: Florianópolis; São Francisco Island; SP ( Lüderwaldt, 1927; Righi, 1967b; Brown and James, 2006): Santos ( Michaelsen, 1910); Itanhaém ( Lüderwaldt, 1927); Cananéia, in mangrove ( Righi, 1968); RJ ( Moreira, 1903); Angra dos Reis, in mangrove ( Righi, 1968); PE: Itamaracá Island (Brown et al., 2006) ( Figure 3D ).

Further distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific oceans, fully marine ( Easton 1984).

Remarks: Blakemore et al. (2012) added this species to Korean species biodiversity list as an exotic species from Korea.

Figures

Figure 3. Geographical distribution in South America: A) Amynthas rodericensis (circle), Metaphire californica (triangle), Metaphire houlletti (square), Metaphire posthuma (star), and Diplodricodrilus schmardae (square); B) Perionyx excavatus (circle) and Pheretima darnleiensis (triangle); C) Pheretima bicincta (square) (new record from Brazil) and Polypheretima elongata (square); D) Polypheretima taprobanae (square) and Pontodrilus litoralis (circle) from South America.