Earthworm (Clitellata, Megadrili) fauna of Kuttanad wetland, southern part of Vembanad-Kol Ramsar site, India.

Autor: NARAYANAN, S. P., KURIEN, V. T., ANUJA, R., HASYAGAR, V., THOMAS, A. P., PALIWAL, R., JULKA, J. M.
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Zdroj: Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis; 2023, Vol. 54 Issue 1, p3-21, 19p
Abstrakt: The earthworm fauna of the wetlands of India is highly undocumented. We have carried out a survey of earthworms in the Kuttanad wetland, an integral part of the Vembanad-Kol Ramsar Site, India's largest wetland of international importance. Current investigation has documented 17 species belonging to 7 families. Megascolex travancorensis pentagonalis Stephenson, 1916 and Glyphidrilus fluviatilis Rao, 1922 were reported for the first time since their original descriptions. Based on the current study, M. t. pentagonalis is raised to species rank as M. pentagonalis from the subspecies status. G. fluviatilis and Lennogaster chittagongensis (Stephenson, 1917) are new records for the state of Kerala. Present results provide a more complete picture of the earthworm fauna of Kuttanad wetland. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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