%0 Journal Article %T Oligochaeta, Naididae of the West Indies and adjacent regions %A Righi %A Gilberto %A Hamoui %A Viviane %J Pap¨¦is Avulsos de Zoologia (S£¿o Paulo) %D 2002 %I USP %R 10.1590/S0031-10492002000600001 %X a very large collection of naididae of the west indies (153 localities), suriname (15), venezuela (2) and florida (1) is studied. five new species nais barua, dero scalariformis, d. tuna, aulophorus kalina, a. barbatus are described. dero magna, d. trifida, aulophorus tridentatus, allonais japonica, pristina sima are redescribed. the 46 naididae species of the west indies are discussed by their taxonomy, distribution and habitat. %K oligochaeta %K naididae %K west indies %K suriname %K venezuela %K florida %K taxonomy %K habitat %K distribution. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0031-10492002000600001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en