Parergodrilidae Explained

Parergodrilidae is an enigmatic family of polychaetes with only two genera, Stygocapitella, which lives on the coast; and Parergodrilus, which is terrestrial.

They share much in common with the clitellates, but molecular data place them with Questa and Orbiniidae.[1]

Notes and References

  1. 10.1007/s00435-005-0001-x . 2005 . Spermatogenesis and Spermatozoa in Stygocapitella subterranea (Annelida, Parergodrilidae), an Enigmatic Supralittoral Polychaete . Zoomorphology . 124 . 3 . 137–148 . Purschke . Günter . Fursman . Mary C.. 32109905 .

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