Embolocephalus velutinus (Grube 1879)

Synonyms
Peloscolex fontinalis Hrabĕ, 1964
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Species
Higher Taxonomy

Genus Embolocephalus

Family Naididae

Order Haplotaxida

Subclass Oligochaeta

Class Clitellata

Phylum Annelida

Ecological Group
Troglophile
Distribution
Distr. in Georgia
Garakha Cave Jortsku Cave Shua Shakurani Cave Shurubumu Cave Tsebelda Cave
IUCN Red List
None
GRL
None
Protection
There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.
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Species references

Birstein J.A. & Lopashov G.V. 1940. Biospeologica Sovietica 1. Investigation of the cave fauna in USSR in 1935-1939. Bulletin Soc. Nat. Moscou, sec. Вiоlоgiquе, 49 (3/4): 29-38. (in Russian).

Chertoprud, E. S., Palatov, D. M., Borisov, R. R., Marinskyi, V. V., Bizin, M. S.,& Dbar, R. S. (2016): Distribution and a comparative analysis of the aquatic invertebrate fauna in caves of the western Caucasus. Subterranean Biology, 18, 49–70.

Chertoprud E. S., Borisov R. R., Palatov D. M., Marinskiy V. V., Krylenko S. V., Kovacheva N. P., Pichkhaia I. 2020. Aquatic macro-invertebrate fauna of caves of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and Imereti, western Georgia, Caucasus: Troglobiotic and epigean species complexes, Зоологический журнал, No 3, с. 275–289

Comments
Expert
Csaba Csuzdi
Contact Person
Shalva Barjadze
Citation
Barjadze, Sh., Arabuli, T., Mumladze, L., Maghradze, E., Asanidze, Z., Shavadze, L., Gogshelidze M. 2019. Embolocephalus velutinus (Grube 1879) Cave Biodiversity of Transcaucasia, Open Access Database. Institute of Zoology at Ilia State University. https://cbg.iliauni.edu.ge/en/taxonomy/show/35 Accessed:
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Other species under taxonomic group Embolocephalus