Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg, 1867)

  • Male pores minute paired on segment xvii, penes retractable copulatory chamber.
  • Female pores paired, large transverse slits, close to sides of the body on segment xiv.
  • Lumbricine, closely paired.
  • Colour reddish to purple or dark purplish.
  • Clitellum xiv-xviii.
  • Y-shaped gland present that opens through own porophore into Copulatory chamber.
  • Prostomium epilobic.
  • Dorsal pores absent.
  • Length 90-185 mm.
  • Only one species found in India.
  • Type locality is St. Helena Island, South Atlantic.