Embolocephalus velutinus (Grube, 1879)

Baturina, Maria A., Kaygorodova, Irina A. & Loskutova, Olga A., 2020, New data on species diversity of Annelida (Oligochaeta, Hirudinea) in the Kharbey lakes system, Bolshezemelskaya tundra (Russia), ZooKeys 910, pp. 43-78 : 43

35. Embolocephalus velutinus (Grube, 1879)

Saenuris velutinus Grube, 1879

Tubifex sarnensis Pierantoni, 1904

Peloscolex fontinalis Hrabĕ, 1964

Geographic distribution.

Central and Southern Europe, possibly also northern Europe and Siberia ( Timm 2009). In the Russian tundra: the Vashutkiny lakes system ( Finogenova 1966), Lake Ambarty and some other lakes in the Korotaikha River basin ( Popchenko 1978), the Yamal Peninsula ( Stepanov 2016).

Location.

Lake Bolshoy Kharbey (67°34'34.3"N, 62°52'17.4"E; 67°32'50"N, 62°52'26.3"E; 67°32'49.9"N, 62°53'40.1"E); Lake Golovka (67°36'9.4"N, 62°56'39.9"E).

Ecology.

The species is common in the tundra zone. It lives on various sediments (including rocky, sandy, clayey, or silty) in the littoral zone of lakes.