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An annotated checklist and distribution of earthworms from Venezuela (Megadrili: Crassiclitellata)
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- 1. sandriel04@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6346-6682
- 2. Universidad Central de Venezuela, Distrito Capital, Caracas Venezuela. & ferrecarmen@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5780-3697
- 3. guilirous@yahoo.ca; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2482-4376
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Hernández-García, Luis Manuel, Sousa, Sandriel Costa, Ferreira, Carmen, Rousseau, Guillaume Xavier (2023): An annotated checklist and distribution of earthworms from Venezuela (Megadrili: Crassiclitellata). Zootaxa 5255 (1): 183-211, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.19, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5255.1.19
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