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Two new earthworm species (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae) from the Mekong delta, Vietnam

  • 1. Department of Biology, School of Education, Can Tho University, Can Tho City, Vietnam.
  • 2. Department of Biology, School of Education, Can Tho University, Can Tho City, Vietnam. & lamhaidangct@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1236-1087
  • 3. Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.

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Nguyen, Tung T., Lam, Dang H., Nguyen, Anh D. (2022): Two new earthworm species (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae) from the Mekong delta, Vietnam. Zootaxa 5093 (4): 483-492, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5093.4.6

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