The land planarian Australoplana sanguinea var. alba at a horticultural site in New Zealand

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 171-179

  Mather, Janice G ^a   Christensen, Ole M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Australoplana sanguiaea var. alba; Earthworms; Horticultural site; Land planarian; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALOPLANA; AUSTRALOPLANA SANGUINEA; GEOPLANA SANGUINEA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0030391306     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1996.tb05741.x     Document Type: Article

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