Pontoscolex corethrurus Muller 1856
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Pontoscolex corethrurus (Müller, 1856)
Pontoscolex corethrurus— Gates 1972: 54; Tsai et al. 2000a: 68; Chen et al. 2002: 76; 2003: 56; Chuang et al. 2002: 66; Shen & Tsai 2002b: 3 –4; James et al. 2005: 1022; Blakemore et al. 2006: 230; Tsai et al. 2009: 37.
Material examined. 1 adult, NCHUZOOL 13525, Wujiang Village, Rueisuei, Hualien Co., Taiwan, coll. Y.- H. Wang et al., 1 Jan. 2005; 6 adults, NCHUZOOL 13524, Baiyu Waterfall, Jhihben, Taimali, Taitung Co., Taiwan, coll. Y.-H. Wang & L.-Y. Fan, 22 Oct. 2004; 3 adults, NCHUZOOL 13535, 22°02’12.2”N, 121°33’31.5”E, Lanyu Meteorological Station, Lanyu, Taitung Co., Taiwan, coll. Y.-H. Wang, 7 Jan. 2008; 4 immature specimens, NCHUZOOL 13537-13538, Yeyou R., Lanyu, Taitung Co., Taiwan, coll. Y.-H. Wang, 8 Jan. 2008; 1 adult, NCHUZOOL 13539, 22°01’4.2”N, 121°33’47.7”E, Hongtou Huandao Highway, Lanyu, Taitung Co., Taiwan, coll. Y.-H. Wang et al., 2 Apr. 2008; 1 adult, NCHUZOOL 13540, 22°01’40.7”N, 121°34’40.0”E, Yongsing Farm, Lanyu, Taitung Co., Taiwan, coll. Y.-H. Wang et al., 2 Apr. 2008.
Remarks. Tsai et al. (2000a) reported the first record of this species from Dongpu, Nantou Co. Then it was found in Ilan (Chen et al. 2002; Chuang et al. 2002), and even on the offshore Gueishan I. (Chen et al. 2003). James et al. (2005) collected abundant specimens from Pingtung Co., the offshore Siaoliuciou I., and Kaohsiung City. This species has a wide distribution in the world (Blakemore 2002), and it has become a dominant species in western and northeastern (Ilan Co.) Taiwan ranging from lowland cultivated lands to elevations at 1000–2000 m (Tsai et al. 2000a; Chen et al. 2002, 2003; Chuang et al. 2002; James et al. 2005). Our study extends its record to Hualien and Taitung Cos. in eastern Taiwan, showing that it has probably invaded the entire island of Taiwan. Its impacts upon the ecology (Barros et al. 2001, 2004; Tapia-Coral et al. 2006; Chen et al. 2008) and agriculture (Beare et al. 1997; Dlamini & Haynes 2004; Lafont et al. 2007) of Taiwan need to be studied in the future.
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.193306 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/0425FFDAFFB87751FFAEFFB4FFC2FFC1 (URL)
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Glossoscolecidae
- Genus
- Pontoscolex
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Haplotaxida
- Phylum
- Annelida
- Scientific name authorship
- Muller
- Species
- corethrurus
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pontoscolex corethrurus Muller, 1856 sec. Wang & Shih, 2010
References
- Gates, G. E. (1972) Burmese earthworms, an introduction to the systematics and biology of megadrile oligochaetes with special reference to Southeast Asia. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 62, 1 - 326.
- Tsai, C. - F., Shen, H. - P. & Tsai, S. - C. (2000 a) Occurrence of the exotic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus (Muller) (Glossocolecidae: Oligochaeta) in Taiwan. Endemic Species Research, 2, 68 - 73.
- Chen, J. - H., Wu, J. - H. & Chuang, S. - C. (2002) Alteration of earthworm species in Fushan Botanical Garden. Chinese Bioscience, 45, 76 - 82. (in Chinese).
- Shen, H. - P. & Tsai, C. - F. (2002 b) Earthworm fauna of the Lanyu Island (Botel Tobago). Endemic Species Research, 4, 1 - 8.
- James, S. W., Shih, H. - T. & Chang, H. - W. (2005) Seven new species of Amynthas (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) and new earthworm records from Taiwan. Journal of Natural History, 39, 1007 - 1028.
- Blakemore, R. J., Chang, C. - H., Chuang, S. - C., Ito, M. T., James, S. W. & Chen, J. - H. (2006) Biodiversity of earthworms in Taiwan: a species checklist with the confirmation and new records of the exotic lumbricids Eisenia fetida and Eiseniella tetraedra. Taiwania, 51, 226 - 236.
- Tsai, C. - F., Shen, H. - P., Tsai, S. - C., Lin, K. - J., Hsieh, H. - L. & Yo, S. - P. (2009) A checklist of oligochaetes (Annelida) from Taiwan and its adjacent islands. Zootaxa, 2133, 33 - 48.
- Jang-Liaw, N. - H., Lee, T. - H. & Chou, W. - H. (2008) Phylogeography of Sylvirana latouchii (Anura, Ranidae) in Taiwan. Zoological Science, 25, 68 - 79.
- Chen, I. - H., Chang, C. - H. & Chen, J. - H. (2003) The species composition and distribution of earthworms in Ilan. Chinese Bioscience, 46, 56 - 65. (in Chinese).
- Blakemore, R. J. (2002) Cosmopolitan Earthworms-an Eco-Taxonomic Guide to the Peregrine Species of the World. VermEcology, Kippax, ACT, Australia.
- Barros, E., Curmi, P, Hallaire, V., Chauvel, A. & Lavelle, P. (2001) The role of macrofauna in the transformation and reversibility of soil structure of an oxisol in the process of forest to pasture conversion. Geoderma, 100, 193 - 213.
- Barros, E., Grimaldi, M., Sarrazin, M., Chauvel, A., Mitja, D., Desjardins, T. & Lavelle, P. (2004) Soil physical degradation and changes in macrofaunal communities in Central Amazon. Applied Soil Ecology, 26, 157 - 168.
- Tapia-Coral, S. C., Luizao, F. J., Barros, E., Pashanasi, B. & Castill, D. D. (2006) Effect of Pontoscolex corethrurus Muller, 1857 (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae) inoculation on litter weight loss and soil nitrogen in mesocosms in the Peruvian Amazon. Caribbean Journal of Science, 42, 410 - 418.
- Beare, M. H., Reddy, M. V., Tian, G. & Srivastava, S. C. (1997) Agricultural intensification, soil biodiversity and agroecosystem function in the tropics: the role of decomposer biota. Applied Soil Ecology, 6, 87 - 108.
- Dlamini, T. C. & Haynes, R. J. (2004) Influence of agricultural land use on the size and composition of earthworm communities in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Applied Soil Ecology, 27, 77 - 88.
- Lafont, A., Risedea, J. M., Loranger-Merciris, G., Clermont-Dauphin, C., Dorela, M., Rhinod, B. & Lavelle, P. (2007) Effects of the earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on banana plants infected or not with the plant-parasitic nematode Radopholus similis. Pedobiologia, 51, 311 - 318.