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Lumbricillus Reynoldsoni n.sp., an Enchytraeid from the Beaches of North Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Helge O. Backland
Helge O. Backland
Affiliation:
Zoological Institution, Lund, Sweden
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Dr T. B. Reynoldson of the Department of Zoology, University College of North Wales, Bangor, found some large enchytraeids on the shores of the Menai Straits. He suspected that it was an undescribed, or at least a rare and interesting species, and kindly sent six specimens to me for further study. I find that the specimens are indeed to be ascribed to a new species, which is here named Lumbricillus reynoldsoni, in recognition of the finder's prominent work on the ecology of Lumbricillus lineatus Mull, and Enchytraeus albidus Henle.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , November 1948 , pp. 710 - 717
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1948

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page 716 note 1 On the authority of Dr černosvitov I have earlier (Swedish Enchytraeida I and II, Lunds Univ. Arsskrift N.F. XLII3 13 and XLIII, 8) used the generic name Pachydrilus. On the suggestion of Dr Reynoldson I have looked through the older literature but could not find out why černosvitov used the more recent name Pachydrilus Claparède 1889 instead of Lumbricillus Orsted 1861. Probably černosvitov in his turn has followed his eminent compatriot Vejdovsky.