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Scientific Name: Bothrioneurum vejdovskyanum Štolc, 1886
Photo: GBIF
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Tubificida
Family: Naididae
Description:
They have a semicircular, short prostomium bearing a sensory pit dorsally, and coelomocytes are present. However, eyes are absent. The body comprises 75 to 105 segments, followed by a few undifferentiated posterior segments. Hair setae are not present. Each anterior segment bears 5-6 setae, while posterior segments have 1-4. On segment V, there are 7 setae. The setae are single-pointedand decreasing in length in posterior segments. Penial setae are absent. The clitellum is present on segments VIII to the first quarter of IX. The alimentary canal is not prominently visible.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Commonly found in the fish pond, rivers, lakes, haors, and other fresh waterbodies of Bangladesh
Environment:
Freshwater
Main References:
Das BC, Reynolds JW (2003) A checklist and distribution of the freshwater and terrestrial Annelida (Oligochaeta, Hirudinea and Polychaeta) of Bangladesh. Megadrilogica. 2003;9(10):61-70.
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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