Andiorrhinus kuru

Andiorrhinus kuru of the family Glossoscolecidae in the class Oligochaeta is a species of earthworm found in the Alto Orinoco of Amazonas state in Venezuela.[1] Worms of the genus Andiorrhinus are believed to create the Surales landscapes of Venezuela and Colombia, composed of green mounds which form intricate patterns in the floodplains of the Orinoco River of South America.

Andiorrhinus kuru
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Annelida
Class:
Clitellata
Subclass:
Oligochaeta
Order:
Haplotaxida
Suborder:
Lumbricina
Family:
Glossoscolecidae
Genus:
Andiorrhinus
Species:
A. kuru
Binomial name
Andiorrhinus kuru
A.G. Moreno & Paoletti, 2004

This earthworm features in the diet of the Makiritare Indians together with another species Andiorrhinus motto (Righi and Araujo, 1999). Andiorrhinus kuru is large, terrestrial and occurs in the upland forest of the Padamo River, being found under 10–20 cm of soil near the root mat of the trees.[2][3]

References
  1. Zangerlé, Anne; Renard, Delphine; Iriarte, José; Suarez Jimenez, Luz Elena; Adame Montoya, Kisay Lorena; Juilleret, Jérôme; McKey, Doyle (2016). "The Surales, Self-Organized Earth-Mound Landscapes Made by Earthworms in a Seasonal Tropical Wetland". PLOS ONE. 11 (5): e0154269. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1154269Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154269. PMC 4864223. PMID 27168157.
  2. Moreno, Ana G.; Paoletti, Maurizio G. (2004). "Andiorrhinus (Andiorrhinus) kuru sp. Nov. (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae), a giant earthworm as food resource for Makiritare Indians of the Alto Rio Padamo, Amazonas, Venezuela". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 82 (6): 1000–1004. doi:10.1139/z04-056.
  3. "Mysterious Mounds in South America Are Likely Worm Poop". 2016-05-12.
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