Affiliation:
1. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences
2. Yu.A. Izrael Institute of Global Climate and Ecology
Abstract
Nearctic species Limnodrilus maumeensis Brinkhurst et Cook, 1966 (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae) recorded from Russia for the first time from the Don River near Rostov-on-Don. Variations of penis sheath of sexually mature specimens are measured and illustrated by photographs. Data on macrozoobenthos community in the sampling site are provided, including species composition, number and biomass of the species.
Publisher
A.N.Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS - IEE RAS
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