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THE occurrence of any new animal in England is a point of some interest, however humble that animal may be; and, in order to work out the species of British earthworms, I sent a letter to the Field some time back, requesting readers of that journal to forward me specimens. In reply I received a large number of worms from various people, amongst them being Mr. F. O. Pickard Cambridge, of Hyde, who has very kindly sent me several parcels of worms. One of these parcels contained some very fine gravel taken from the bed of a stream, together with a number of small worms about 1½ to 2 inches in length. These turned out to be a species of Allurus, a genus formed by Eisen for a worm in which the male pores are on the thirteenth segment instead of on the fifteenth, as in the other genera of the family Lumbricidæ. Only one species is at present known, viz. A. tetraëdrus; it is of a beautiful sienna colour, with a dull orange clitellum.
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BENHAM, W. British Earthworms. Nature 38, 319 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/038319a0
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