Kynotidae Jamieson 1971

Kynotidae Jamieson, 1971 This endemic family appears to be restricted to Madagascar (Razafindrakoto et al. 2017) and includes a single genus (Kynotus) and 22 species. The description of K. verticillatus Perrier, was not adequate and it cannot be assigned to any other named species or any other genus or species. It was described as Acanthodrilus “ pas du tout développé et paraissant réduit aux quatre pénis formés de soies courbes caractéristiques jusqu'ici des vers de ce genre ” (Perrier 1872).
Published as part of Misirlioğlu, Mete, Reynolds, John Warren, Stojanović, Mirjana, Trakić, Tanja, Sekulić, Jovana, James, Samuel W., Csuzdi, Csaba, Decaëns, Thibaud, Lapied, Emmanuel, Phillips, Helen R. P., Cameron, Erin K. & Brown, George G., 2023, Earthworms (Clitellata, Megadrili) of the world: an updated checklist of valid species and families, with notes on their distribution, pp. 417-438 in Zootaxa 5255 (1) on page 424, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.33, http://zenodo.org/record/7745110
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