FIGURE 6 in Taxonomic status and ecology of Oriental Pheretima darnleiensis (Fletcher, 1886) and other earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Mt Kinabalu, Borneo

FIGURE 6. Pheretima (Parapheretima) saba from region of Paka Cave, Mt Kinabalu; figure shows a, prostomium; b, a spermatheca (with an enlargement to show nephridia on duct); and c, prostate gland and accessory diverticulum in situ (with section of diverticulum); d, a dorso-lateral section of intestine to show caeca and typhlosole; and e, dorsal view of posterior segments. Note: the copulatory pouches that everted on preservation would normally in life be withdrawn into body leaving only slits of male pores visible externally.Published as part of Blakemore, Robert J., Csuzdi, Csaba, Ito, Masamichi T. & Kaneko, Nobuhiro, 2007, Taxonomic status and ecology of Oriental Pheretima darnleiensis (Fletcher, 1886) and other earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Mt Kinabalu, Borneo, pp. 23-44 in Zootaxa 1613 on page 35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17901