FIGURE 3. Multivariate analyses. Principal component analysis (A) of the proposed new species Eutyphoeus unithecus Ahmed & Marimuthu, sp. nov. based on the taxonomic characters, Canonical Analysis of Principal coordinates (CAP) of the proposed new species Eutyphoeus unithecus Ahmed & Marimuthu, sp. nov. based on number of spermathecae (B) and male pores position (C). Species code 1–52 and sp. nov. (Refer species list in supplementary data). Abbreviations: Ln, length; Wd, width; Sg, segments; Spm no., number of spermathecae; Spmp., spermathecal pore position with respect to setal line; Mpp, male pore position with respect to setal line; Gm, genital markings; Mvic, mid–ventral intestinal caeca; Sig, supra–intestinal glands; To, typhlosole origin; Pspb, penial setae per battery; Ps ln, penial setae length.

Published as part of Ahmed, Shakoor, Banerjee, Dhriti & Marimuthu, Nithyanandam, 2025, Two new earthworm species of the genera Eutyphoeus Michaelsen, 1900 and Priodoscolex Gates, 1940 (Crassiclitellata: Acanthodrilidae) from India, pp. 236-248 in Zootaxa 5609 (2) on page 241, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/15215020