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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Schizodrilus

Schizodrilus Stout, 1958 (ref. ID; 6563, 7264)

Family Phreodrilidae: Subfamily Phreodriloidinae (ref. ID; 6563)

ref. ID; 6563

Phreodriloidinae that reproduce asexually, exhibiting forward shift of the reproductive organs by two segments, or loss of the same. (ref. ID; 6563)

Remarks

These two species are associated with the majority of Insulodrilus species in the cladogram. They are clearly phreodrilids, but they need to be redescribed. The status of the genus is uncertain. (ref. ID; 6563)

Type species

Schizodrilus nothofagi Stout, 1958 (ref. ID; 6563)
  1. Schizodrilus major Stout, 1958 (ref. ID; 6563)
  2. Schizodrilus nothofagi Stout, 1958 (ref. ID; 6563)