Soil Organisms (Aug 2009)

Diversity of Enchytraeidae (Annelida: Clitellata) in habitats within the Magnesian Limestone Plateau of County Durham, U.K.

  • Valerie Standen,
  • Ulfert Graefe,
  • Rüdiger M. Schmelz,
  • Jiří Schlaghamerský

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 81, no. 2

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Sampling of various terrestrial habitats (woodland, grassland, sea edge) of Hawthorn Dene and surroundings within the Magnesian Limestone plateau of County Durham yielded 17 species of Enchytraeidae and the naidid/tubificid Rhyacodrilus falciformis. Five enchytraeid species were recorded for the first time in the British Isles: Fridericia auritoides, F. maculatiformis, F. semisetosa, F. sylvatica, and F. isseli.

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