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Eco-taxonomic profile of an iconic vermicomposter - the 'African Nightcrawler' earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg, 1867)

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Blakemore, Robert J. (2015): Eco-taxonomic profile of an iconic vermicomposter - the 'African Nightcrawler' earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg, 1867). African Invertebrates 56 (3): 527-548, DOI: 10.5733/afin.056.0302, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.5733/afin.056.0302

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