Polypheretima grandisetosa (Thai, 1996)

Pheretima grandisetosa Thai, 1996: 3, fig. 2B; Thai 2000a: 310; Thai et al. 2004: 758.

Polypheretima grandisetosa— Nakamura 1999: 7; Blakemore 2007a: 43; Blakemore 2008b; Nguyen et al. 2014: 115, Fig. 3.

Type locality. Vietnam ( Con Lon Isl.).

Type material. SORC, Vietnam.

Examined material. 1 A (SORC-HV.223) Ba Ria-Vung Tau Prov., Conlon Island, slope near Datdoc Bay, 10m asl, 25/06/1989, coll. Thai Tran Bai .

Records from Vietnam. Ba Ria-Vung Tau ( Conlon Isl.; Baycanh Isl.) (Thai 1996; Thai et al. 2004).

Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.

Vietnamese name. Trùn tƠ lớn.

Remarks. The species is relatively close to Polypheretima colonensis Thai, 1996, but differs in smaller size and the presence of big setae in vi.