Table 4 in French Mediterranean islands as a refuge of relic earthworm species: Cataladrilus porquerollensis sp. nov. and Scherotheca portcrosana sp. nov. (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae)

Table 4. Morphological characters of Scherotheca portcrosana Marchán & Decäens sp. nov. and morphologically similar relatives of genera Scherotheca Bouché, 1972 and Eumenescolex Qiu & Bouché, 1998. Length expressed in mm, weight expressed in mg.
CharactersScherotheca portcrosana sp. nov.Scherotheca corsicana corsicanaScherotheca portonanaEumenescolex simplexLength75–8590–14078–165105–112N. segments160–166177–215193–20899–154Weight1890–23602000–35001588–2821?PigmentationBrown (faint)Dark brownBrown?ProstomiumEpilobousEpilobousEpilobousPro-epilobousSetaeClosely pairedClosely pairedClosely paired?Setal arrangement8:1:3.5:1:188:1.5:4.5:1:1911.6:1.6:8:1:33?Papillae11–14, 27, 29, 34–389–11, 27–3711–14, 34, 35?First dorsal pore5/69/1010/1111/12Nephridial poresEn solfègeEn solfègeEn solfège?Male pores½ 15, b½ 15, b½ 15, b?Female pores½ 14, b½ 14, b½ 14, b?Spermathecal pores12/13, 13/14 simple in C12/13, 13/14 simple in C12/13, 13/14 simple in C13/14 simple in CClitelum26–35(½ 36)(½ 26)1/27– ½ 36(36)(25)26–3526– ½ 36Tubercula pubertatis30–33(½ 30) 31– ½ 34(34)(28)29–32(33)29– ½ 33Oesophageal hearts6/116/116/116–11Calciferous glands½ 10–14, diverticles in 10½ 10–14, diverticles in 10½ 10–14, diverticles in 10?Crop15–1615–1615–16?Gizzard17–1917–1917–1917–19TyphlosolePinnatePinnatePinnate?Nephridial bladdersU-shaped, reclinateJ-shaped, reclinateJ-shaped, reclinate?Seminal vesicles9, 10, 11, 129, 10, 11, 129, 10, 11, 129, 10, 11, 12SpermathecaeSimple, oval in 12, 13Simple, oval in 13, 14Simple, oval in 13, 14?