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Annotated checklist of the earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta) from Hispaniola: a brief review and remarks
- 1. Departamento de Investigación y Conservación, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano," Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
- 2. Department of Integrative Biology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Álvarez-Abreu, Oniel, Carrera-Martínez, Roberto (2025): Annotated checklist of the earthworms (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta) from Hispaniola: a brief review and remarks. Zootaxa 5589 (1): 346-362, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.27, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.27
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