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Redescription of the earthworm Moniligaster gravelyi Stephenson, 1915 (Clitellata Moniligastridae) based on recent collections from Kerala state, India

  • 1. Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam-686560, Kerala, India.
  • 2. House No 77/62, Mansarovar, Jaipur-302020, Rajasthan, India.
  • 3. Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, West Bengal, India.
  • 4. Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam-686560, Kerala, India. & School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173212, Himachal Pradesh, India. & Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam-686560, Kerala, India.

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Narayanan, S. Prasanth, Paliwal, R., Ahmed, Shakoor, Thomas, A.P., Julka, J.M. (2023): Redescription of the earthworm Moniligaster gravelyi Stephenson, 1915 (Clitellata Moniligastridae) based on recent collections from Kerala state, India. Zootaxa 5383 (3): 365-374, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.3.5, URL: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5383.3.5/52458

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