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New earthworm records from the Caspian Hyrcanian Forests of Iran (Oligochaeta: Megadrili)

  • 1. Soil and Water Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran. frejali@yahoo.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6570-9430
  • 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran.
  • 3. Soil and Water Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, Iran. Noblesse55@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-9397

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Latif, Robabeh, Rejali, Farhad, Aminjan, Atabak Roohi, Esmaeilizad, Ashraf (2021): New earthworm records from the Caspian Hyrcanian Forests of Iran (Oligochaeta: Megadrili). Zootaxa 5052 (3): 433-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.3.8

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