Trichodrilus sp.

Martin, Patrick, Schmelz, Rüdiger M. & Dole-Olivier, Marie-José, 2015, Groundwater oligochaetes (Annelida, Clitellata) from the Mercantour National Park (France), with the descriptions of one new genus and two new stygobiont species, Zoosystema 37 (4), pp. 551-569 : 564

Trichodrilus sp.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Station 1, slide 10.357.03(a): one immature specimen, slide 11.007.01(a): one immature specimen, vial AB31536635: fragments ; station 2, vial AB31536665: fragments; station 14, vial AB31536587: fragments; station 16, slide 11.252.03: 1 immature specimen, vial AB31536671: fragments; station 17, AB31515911: one immature specimen, fragments; station 18, vial AB31515632: fragments; station 20, vial AB31525675: 1 juvenile, fragments, vial AB31515636: fragments; station 36, vial AB31536747: fragments; station 38, vial AB31525674: fragments. RBINS, IG 32392 .

REMARKS

This Trichodrilus material is only available as immature specimens or fragments, and cannot be identified at the species level. Most Trichodrilus species occupy ground water habitats and have localized distributions. Given the general trend in Trichodrilus for groundwater habitats, we consider these undetermined specimens as stygobionts.