Lumbriculus ambiguus was described by Holmquist in 1976, based on material collected in northern Alaska.[1] Like L. genitosetosus, L. ambiguus was initially placed in the genus Thinodrilus along with L. inconstans, but this genus is generally not recognised today. Its genital characters vary greatly between individuals, but certain features (such as the location of the atria in segment VIII) appear to be constant.
Lumbriculus ambiguus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
Clade: | Sedentaria |
Class: | Clitellata |
Order: | Lumbriculida |
Family: | Lumbriculidae |
Genus: | Lumbriculus |
Species: | L. ambiguus
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Binomial name | |
Lumbriculus ambiguus Holmquist, 1976
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References
edit- ^ Healy, Brenda M.; Reynoldson, Trefor B.; Coates, Kathryn A. (2012-12-06). Aquatic Oligochaetes: Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaetes held in Presque Isle, Maine, USA, 18–22 August 1997. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 72. ISBN 978-94-011-4207-6.