Two new species of protandric pheretimoid earthworms belonging to the genus metaphire (Megascolecidae: Oligochaeta) from Taiwan

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1731-1741

  Tsai, Chu Fa ^a   Tsai, Su Chen ^a   Liaw, Guang Jeng ^a  

^a ENDEMIC SPECIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Annelida; Earthworms; Megascolecidae; Metaphire; New Species; New Subspecies; Oligochaeta; Taiwan; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMYNTHAS; ANNELIDA; MEGASCOLECIDAE; METAPHIRE; METAPHIRE AGGERA; METAPHIRE BUNUNA; METAPHIRE PAIWANNA; METAPHIRE RIUKIUENSIS; METAPHIRE STEPHENSONI; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0033850468     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930050122156     Document Type: Article

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