Vejdovskyella comata ( Vejdovsky , 1884)

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

24. Vejdovskyella comata ( Vejdovsky, 1884)

Bohemilla comata Vejdovský, 1884

Geographic distribution.

Holarctic species. In the Russian tundra: Murmansk Region ( Finogenova 1975; Veselov 1977; Timm and Popchenko 1978), the Vashutkiny lakes system ( Finogenova 1966), Lake Ambarty and some other lakes in the Korotaikha River basin ( Popchenko 1978), lakes in the Kara River and the More-yu River basins, and Lake Bolshoy Ngosovey ( Baturina and Loskutova 2010).

Location.

Lake Bolshoy Kharbey (67°34'42.3"N, 62°52'57.1"E; 67°32'48.3"N, 62°53'49.7"E; 67°32'49.9"N, 62°53'40.1"E); Lake L (67°35'41.5"N, 62°49'34.7"E); Lake K2 (67°32'55.7"N, 62°51'39.7"E; 67°32'44.5"N, 62°51'38.2"E); Lake K1 (67°36'22.1"N, 62°52'20.3"E); Lake Golovka (67°35'50"N, 62°55'25.3"E; 67°36'17.3"N, 62°56'13.1"E).

Ecology.

Within the area of study, V. comata was recorded infrequently, living on sand, silt, and clay (depths 4.5-6.5 m, rarer up to 9.8 m).