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Three new species and four new species records of earthworms of the genus Moniligaster Perrier, 1872 (Clitellata: Moniligastridae) from Kerala region of the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot, India

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  • 1. Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam -686560, Kerala, India
  • 2. School of Environmental Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam -686560, Kerala, India
  • 3. School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173212, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Narayanan, S. Prasanth, Sathrumithra, S., Anuja, R., Christopher, G., Thomas, A.P., Julka, J.M. (2021): Three new species and four new species records of earthworms of the genus Moniligaster Perrier, 1872 (Clitellata: Moniligastridae) from Kerala region of the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot, India. Zootaxa 4949 (2): 381-397, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.2.11

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