Biodiversity of Earthworms in Taiwan: a Species Checklist with the Confirmation and New Records of the Exotic Lumbricids Eisenia fetida and Eiseniella tetraedra

Terrestrial megadrile earthworms variously reported from Taiwan including Lanyu Island (Botel Tobago) number approximately 70 species with 29 of these, or 40%, non-natives for which 69% are Asiatic Megascolecidae and 21% are Lumbricidae of Holarctic origin. An additional 27 unnamed species have been...

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Main Authors: Robert J. Blakemore, Chih-Han Chang, Shu-Chun Chuang, Masamichi T. Ito, Sam James, Jiun-Hong Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Taiwan University 2006-09-01
Series:Taiwania
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Online Access:http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/abstract.php?type=abstract&id=507