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Scientific Name: Dero digitata Aquatic oligochaete worm
English Name: Aquatic oligochaete worm
Photo: Atlas of Living Australia
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Tubificida
Family: Naididae
Description:
Dero digitata is reddish in color, small to medium-sized. Pink pigment is concentrated in the head segments and branchial organ. The prostomium has minute hairs. Dorsal bundles start from segment IV, with one hair and one needle per bundle, although some specimens have two hairs and two needles in segment VII. Ventral setae range from 2 to 4 per bundle. There are five pairs of ciliated gills.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Commonly found in the fish pond, rivers, lakes, haors, and other fresh waterbodies of Bangladesh
Environment:
Freshwater
Main References:
Ali S, Chakraborty T (1992) BANGLADESHER MITHA PANIR AMERUDANDI PRANI (A book on Freshwater Invertebrates of Bangladesh). Bangla Academy, Dhaka, Bangladesh, ISBN: 984-07-4051-3
Other References:
Kabir SMH, Ahmed M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondoker M (EDS.) 2009 Encyclopedia of flora and fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 16. Annelida Echainodermata Acanthocephala and Minor Phyla.. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 232 pp.
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