Trileptium ribeirensis

 

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Classification:

Enoplea
  Enoplia
        Enoplida
            Enoplina
                Enoploidea
                   Thoracostomopsidae
                   

Trileptium ribeirensis Vilas-Boas, da Silva,  de Souza Alves, de Castro & Pinheiro-Junior, 2015.

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 

Females:

  • Similar to the description of the male, except for the sub cephalic setae which are present only in males.
  • Didelphic-amphidelphic with ovaries reflexed.
  • Vulva is located at 63% of the body length. from anterior end..

Ref Vilas-Boas et al., 2015

 
 

Males:  

  • Two pairs of sub-cephalic setae.
  • Diorchic, diorchic, testes opposed, left of the intestine.
  • Simple shaped spicules. Laminar gubernaculum with a dorsal-caudal apophysis.
  •  Tubular pre-cloacal supplement.

 

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Distribution:

Described from sandy sediment in intertidal zone of Ribeira Beach, Bahia, Brazil,

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Copyright 1999 by Howard Ferris.
Revised: February 22, 2024.