Limpluvidae Martin, Fend, Martinsson, Klinth, Torii & Erséus, 2024, fam. nov.

Limpluvidae fam. nov. (clade 5 in Fig. 1) ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: E499FF2B-FFE1- 4D5B-9F38-946EBB0B0821 Type genus: Limpluvia Fend & Torii gen. nov. Diagnosis As for type genus. Remarks The semiprosoporous male ducts (one pair prosoporous, one plesioporous) somewhat resemble the basic arrangement of the Lumbriculidae —typical members of which have a similar body form, including four pairs of chaetae per segment. However, morphology of the reproductive system appears closer to another monotypic family, Kurenkovidae Sokolskaja, 1983 —although the single species, Kurenkovia magna Sokolskaja, 1969 has subsequently been placed within in the Lumbriculidae, based on the (morphological) cladistic analysis of Brinkhurst (1989). The family Limpluvidae is currently monotypic, and morphologically distinguished by the characters listed below in the genus diagnosis and species description for Limpluvia setoensis.