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Issue: Vol. 3368 No. 1: 4 Jul. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3368.1.16
Page range: 300–304
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 26

Six exotic terrestrial earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megadrilacea: Moniligastridae, Lumbricidae, Ocnerodrilidae & Megascolecidae) newly added to Korean species biodiversity list

National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), Incheon, 404-708, Korea
National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), Incheon, 404-708, Korea
National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), Incheon, 404-708, Korea
Annelida Oligochaeta Megadrilacea Moniligastridae Lumbricidae Ocnerodrilidae Megascolecidae

Abstract

Preliminary inspection by the principal author of the NIBR Oligochaete collection, maintained by marine Annelida curator T.-S. Park, revealed several new endemic species, such as an Amynthas sp. nov. described in the current Zootaxa issue, plus three of the six exotics titled above. Three additional new exotic records are the results of recent in-country collection by the authors in early 2012 that together raise the Korean earthworm biodiversity count to ~113 named species.

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