First record of the exotic earthworm Metaphire bahli (Gates, 1945) (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from India

Narayanan, Sasankan Prasanth; Anuja, Rajagopal; Julka, Jatinder Mohan

doi:10.18348/opzool.2019.1.99

Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis (Jun 2019)

First record of the exotic earthworm Metaphire bahli (Gates, 1945) (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from India

Narayanan, Sasankan Prasanth ,
Anuja, Rajagopal ,
Julka, Jatinder Mohan

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Narayanan, Sasankan Prasanth: Somanadhan Sathrumithra, Guna Christopher & Ambattu Paili Thomas, Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam – 686560, Kerala, India
Anuja, Rajagopal: School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam – 686560, Kerala, India
Julka, Jatinder Mohan: School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Shoolini University, Solan –173 212, Himachal Pradesh, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18348/opzool.2019.1.99
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 50, no. 1
pp. 99 – 103

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The occurrence of the exotic earthworm species Metaphire bahli (Gates, 1945) of the family Megascolecidae is recorded for the first time from India. Specimens were collected from the Alappuzha District of Kerala State. Its detailed description along with geographical distribution is provided.

Published in Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis

ISSN: 0237-5419 (Print); 2063-1588 (Online)
Publisher: Eötvös Loránd University
Country of publisher: Hungary
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Zoology
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