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5. On the Reproductive Organs in the Genus Eudrilus, E.P

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

Frank E. Beddard
Frank E. Beddard
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Prosector to the Zoological Society of London
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Among the many interesting genera of earthworms described by M. Perrier, the most interesting and remarkable in many ways is Eudrilus. This genus is unique among earthworms, by reason of the peculiar structure of its generative organs. In all earthworms at present known, with this exception, the ovaries are situated in a distinct segment of their own, into which opens the funnel of the oviduct, which is quite independent of the ovary; the oviducts generally pass through the mesentery which bounds posteriorly the segment (usually the 13th) containing the ovaries, and open on to the exterior of the body in the ventral surface of the following segment.

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Proceedings 1885-86
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 13 , 1886 , pp. 672 - 682
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1886

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