Jamieson Barrie G M, Fragoso Carlos
School of the Environment; University of Queensland and 1 Maxwell Court; Coolum Beach; Queensland; Australia 4573.
Red de Bioversidad y Sistmatica; Instituto de Ecologia A.C; Xalapa; Mexico.
Zootaxa. 2024 Oct 29;5529(3):401-435. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5529.3.1.
The Alluroididae is a small oligochaete family with 8 genera and 13 known species occurring in freshwaters and in riverine soils in Africa, the Caribbean and Central and South America. It is here argued that their anatomy shows a transition from that of microdriles to that of megadriles (Metagynophora). A detailed description of comparative anatomy is given, followed by the systematics and some aspects of the ecology of all known genera, species and subspecies.
异鳃蚓科是一个小型寡毛类家族，有8个属和13个已知物种，分布于非洲、加勒比地区以及中美洲和南美洲的淡水和河滨土壤中。本文认为，它们的解剖结构显示出从微蚓类到巨蚓类（后雌带蚓类）的过渡。文中给出了比较解剖学的详细描述，随后是所有已知属、种和亚种的分类学及生态学的一些方面。
