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Scientific Name: Pristina foreli Piguet, 1906
Photo: Barend de Boer(GBIF)
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Tubificida
Family: Naididae
Description:
Pristina foreli is a very slender and narrow worm of moderate size. Its transparent body lacks hairs and appears pale-white in color. There are no eyes present. It consists of 56 to 118 segments, followed by some undifferentiated posterior segments. The proboscis is short and projects from the narrow prostomium, with the tip narrower than the base. The mouth is located on the ventral side.
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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