Phylum Annelida

Abstract

An updated taxonomic review of freshwater Annelida found in the Neotropical and Antarctic Regions is presented in this chapter. This chapter provides dichotomous identification keys to Polychaeta, Clitellata, and Aphanoneura. Also included are current limits to identification of various annelids, a description of terms needed to identify taxa, and methods for preparing and identifying species. Additional information on annelids can be found in Volume I (“Ecology and General Biology”) of this book series (Thorp & Rogers, 2015, Elsevier).

Este capitulo incluye las claves para identificar familias, géneros y en algunas familias también a nivel de especies de los oligoquetos acuáticos continentales de la región Neotropical y Antártida.