Wetzel, M.J. (1987). Limnodrilus tortilipenis, a new north american species of freshwater Tubificidae (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington. 100 (1):182-185.
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Wetzel, M.J.
1987
Limnodrilus tortilipenis, a new north american species of freshwater Tubificidae (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta)
Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington
100 (1):182-185
Publication
Due to unforseeable, changes in the submission and publication dates. of Brinkhurst (1986) and this present manuscript (Wetzel 1987), part of the description of L. tortilipenis unfortunately was published in Brinkhurst 1986 (pp. 168-169) as Limnodrilus tortilipenis Wetzel, 1986.
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Limnodrilus tortilipenis n. sp. (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Tubificidae) is described from four specimens collected from the Cache River drainage,
southern Illinois. This description brings to 14 the number of species in this
genus, ten of which are now known to occur in North America. Limnodrilus
tortilipenis is distinguished from its congeners by its extremely long penis sheaths and the corkscrewlike distal ends ofits penis. A key is presented to distinguish L. tortilipenis from other morphologically similar species of Limnodrilus.
