Home
About Earthworms of India
Taxonomic Parameters
Photo Gallery
Research Team and Acknowledgement
Facilites
Contact Us
Barogaster
Gates, 1939
Combined male and prostatic pores paired on xviii, seminal grooves absent.
Female pore single median on xiv.
Oesophagus with 2 gizzards in v-vi.
Two pairs of discrete extramural calciferous glands in xi-xii.
Supra-intestinal glands present.
Typhlosole lamelliform simple and ‘grid-like’ thickening present at the posterior end of typhlosole.
Genital markings present.
Three species recorded in India
viz
.,
Sl No
Species
Type locality
Nature
1.
annandalei
Dowlaishweram, Godavari dist., AP, India
Endemic
2.
barodensis
Baroda, Gujarat, India
Endemic
3.
prashadi
Sakarwari, Satara dist., Maharashtra, India
Endemic
Back to Main Page
Back