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A TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE ALLUROIDIDAE (OLIGOCHAETA)
Author(s) -
BRINKHURST R. O.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
proceedings of the zoological society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0370-2774
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1964.tb04512.x
Subject(s) - oligochaeta (plant) , ecology , natural (archaeology) , geography , archaeology , biology
The Alluroididae is a small family of Oligochaeta formerly knowu only froin Afriw. The discovery of some new African material has made pomible a rovisiori of tho oarlicr descriptions and the erection of a new species. A fourth species is described froin soiiie South American material deposited at the British Museum (Natural History). In the light of these investigations the definition of the family has had to be amended.