Kanchuria Julka, 1988

Narayanan, S. Prasanth, Paliwal, R., Kurien, Vijo T., Nath, Sabyasachi, Dey, Animesh, Nandy, Subhrajit, Kar, Prithwiraj, Goldar, Sujata, Thomas, A. P. & Julka, J. M., 2025, Description of two new Kanchuria Julka, 1988 (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) species of earthworms from Tripura State, North-eastern India, Zootaxa 5647 (2), pp. 101-116 : 102-103

Genus Kanchuria Julka, 1988

Type species. Kanchuria turaensis Julka, 1988

Diagnosis. Male pores paired, on segment 18; female pore(s) on segment 14; prostates racemose, strap-shaped. Gizzard single, in segment 5; calciferous glands discrete, extramural, 2 pairs, in segments 12–13; typhlosole simple lamelliform or entally bifid; intestinal caeca and supra-intestinal glands absent. Meronephric; astomate and stomate exonephric micromeronephridia present; megameronephridia absent.

Distribution. North-eastern India (mainly to Khasi and Garo Hills of Meghalaya, also in Tripura and Manipur) ( Narayanan et al. 2023).