Stolc, 1901
Description
Small worms. Prostomium broader than the subsequent segments, ciliated only on its ventral side. Sensory pits lateral. Cutaneous glands golden yellow, of irregular shape. Hair chaetae, 2-5 per bundle, of three different lengths. Dorsal chaetae 110-140, 70-85, and 50-60 µm long, respectively; ventral chaetae somewhat shorter. Chains of three zooids 1.5-2 mm long and about 110 µm wide; segment number of the first zooid 8 (seldom 7 or 9). Differing from congeners in the characteristic colour of cutaneous glands.
Gliding on substratum.
Distribution
Europe, South America.
Ecology
In freshwater.
Reproduction
Asexual reproduction by paratomy (budding) prevailing. Maturing seldom.
Literature
Stolc, 1901: 21, Fig. 2; Stolc, 1903: 100-101; Bunke, 1967: 250-251; Van der Land, 1971: 686; Kasprzak, 1981: 77.