FIRST RECORD OF MONILIGASTRID EARTHWORMS FROM A SELECTED REGION OF THE GANGETIC PLAIN OF BIHAR, INDIA [PDF]
, 2023 The paper deals with description of two species of Genus Drawida Michaelsen found in different locations of the Gangetic plain of Bihar. Though the genus is native yet only two species were found in this region during the collection.
MANOJ KUMAR +4 more
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Helodrilus bavaricus, a remarkable new earthworm species from Bavaria, Germany (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae) [PDF]
Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis BudapestinensisHere we report on a new Helodrilus species found in Rotthalmünster, Southern Germany. This unique new species has four pairs of spermathecae and long protruding tubercles.
Tímea Szederjesi +3 more
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Distribution and systematics of the cosmopolitan Amynthas carnosus complex (Crassiclitellata, Megascolecidae) from eastern Asia [PDF]
Zoosystematics and EvolutionPheretimoid earthworms, Amynthas carnosus, were collected from Northeast and North China. An update on the distribution and systematics of the A. carnosus complex in eastern Asia using both morphological and molecular data is provided.
Anne Charis N. Han +8 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2020 The area comprising the Pyrenees, Northeast Spain, Southern France and Corsica-Sardinia supports a large part of the diversity of Lumbricidae earthworms, including most species of the endemic genera Prosellodrilus, Cataladrilus and Scherotheca.
Daniel F. Marchán +5 more
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FIRST RECORD OF MEGASCOLECID EARTHWORMS FROM SELECTED REGION OF THE GANGETIC PLAIN OF BIHAR, INDIA [PDF]
, 2022 The family Megascolecidae, which is the most speciose family of earthworms, has been found to be represented by five species belonging to three genera Lampito Kinberg, Metaphire Sims and Easton and Perionyx Perrier and the species are Lampito mauritii ...
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A Review of The Vermicomposting Process of Organic and Inorganic Waste in Soils: Additives Effects, Bioconversion Process, and Recommendations [PDF]
, 2023 Soil nutrient recovery has emerged as a critical issue to maintain the soil fertility. However, the use of some organic and inorganic chemicals in agricultural and industrial systems gives rise to soil contamination.
Boopathy, Raj +3 more
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First time in Italy. Is the elusive aquatic megadrile Sparganophilus Benham, 1892 (Annelida, Clitellata) accelerating its dispersal in Europe? [PDF]
, 2014 During field studies in River Mincio, northern Italy, populations of the aquatic megadrile Sparganophilus tamesis Benham, 1892 were discovered, the worms being particularly abundant among the roots of Vallisneria spiralis L.
Alex Laini, Emilia Rota, Marco Bartoli
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Three new species and a new record of pheretimoid earthworms (Crassiclitellata, Megascolecidae) from Misamis Oriental, Philippines, with data from the mitochondrial genome [PDF]
Zoosystematics and EvolutionWe describe three new species of pheretimoid earthworms from Misamis Oriental, Mindanao Island, Philippines. One species is Polypheretima andresi sp. nov., belonging to the Polypheretima elongata group of Easton (1979), characterized by having a pair of ...
Nonillon M. Aspe +7 more
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A contribution to the earthworm (Annelida, Clitellata, Megadrili) fauna of the central Indian state Chhattisgarh, India [PDF]
, 2023 Drawida willsi was the first species of earthworm reported from Chhattisgarh state by Michaelsen in 1907. After that, only one survey of earthworm has been carried out there in 2021.
Bhattacharyya, S. +4 more
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Does Micro-CT scanning damage DNA in museum specimens? [PDF]
, 2016 X-ray micro-computed tomography and DNA sequencing are useful and increasingly common tools in taxonomy and collections research. Whilst the benefits of each method are continually evaluated and debated individually, how the methods impact each other ...
Hall, A, Sherlock, E, Sykes, D
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