Six new species of the gutless genus Olavius (Annelida: Clitellata: Tubificidae) from New Caledonia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1400, 2007, Pages 45-58

  Erséus, Christer ^a   Bergfeldt, Ulrika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clitellata; Gutless oligochaetes; New Caledonia; New species; Olavius; Tubificidae

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; CLITELLATA; OLAVIUS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TUBIFICIDAE;

EID: 33846907889     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1400.1.3     Document Type: Article

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