Fig. 2 in Eco-taxonomic profile of an iconic vermicomposter - the 'African Nightcrawler' earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg, 1867)

Fig. 2. Eudrilus eugeniae: (a) ventral view of Qld specimen, (b) vasa deferentia unite to form the muscular euprostates ducting to the centre of the copulatory chamber (characteristic Y-shaped gland on rhs ducts to lhs), (c) 'spermathecal' aperture and combined oviduct (unravelled) to ovisac opposite saccular gland at junction of duct and 'ampulla' (ovary not shown), (d) prostomium, (e) calciferous glands, hearts and dorsal vessel, (f) dorso-lateral view of caudal segments narrowing to pygomere, (g) cocoon. BoXed are: Perrier's (1872: figs 27, 28, 30) figures of male organs – with penis both retracted and everted – plus an enlargement of a seta (his fig. 29 differs somewhat in its internal organ details); Michaelsen's (1892: fig. 10) figure of female organs also showing ovary "ov" (or ovisac?) on 12/13; plus Beddard's (1895: fig. 30) figure of male organs with glandular appendices to bursa copulatriX sometimes fused to form a "single horseshoe-shaped" appendiX neXt to what Eisen (1900: fig. 44) called the silk-producing "Y-shaped gland" (indicated as "Y-sg").