Table 3. Comparison between M in Notes on the earthworm species, Metaphire anomala (Michaelsen, 1907) (Clitellata, Megascolecidae) in Southern Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species

Table 3. Comparison between M. iranomala sp. nov., M. megascolidioides (Cognetti, 1908) and M. isselii (Goto & Hatai, 1899) sharing location of male pores not in segment xix. CharacteristicsM. iranomalaM. megascolidioides 1M. isselii 2Length157–228240155–180Diameter6.5–8.01510Segment85–14511894–115Spermathecal porelateroventral, 5/6/7/8/9lateroventral, 4/5/6/7/8/9ventral, 6/7/8/9Setal number between two male pores10–1690Ventral distance between two male pores0.2–0.3?<0.25Genital markings in male regionabsent3 pairs in xvii, xviii and xx2 pairs in 18/19 and 19/20Septum 8/9absentabsentthinIntestinal caecasimplemanicatesimpleIntestinal originxvxvxvi 1 Goto & Hatai (1899) and Blakemore (2016b); 2 Cognetti (1908).