Exploration of four new Kanchuria sp. of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from the North Eastern Region of India using DNA bar-coding approach

The present investigation was carried out on the earthworms collected from the reserve forests of Meghalaya, which is a part of the North Eastern Region of India, a hot spot of biodiversity to assess diverse earthworms. We adopted integrative approaches involving morphoanatomical taxonomy and cytoch...

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Main Authors: Azhar Rashid Lone, Nalini Tiwari, Samrendra Singh Thakur, Oren Pearlson, Tomáš Pavlíček, Shweta Yadav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
Subjects:
COI
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X20300133