New Record of Earthworm of the Genus Metaphire from Manipur, Part of the Indo-myanmar Biodiversity Hotspot, Northeast India
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List of Metaphire earthworms recorded from India belonging to family Megascolecidae
List of earthworms recorded from Manipur, Northeast India
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Earthworms
Biodiversity
Hotspot
Metaphire
New record

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Rojen Singh, T., Thingbaijam, B. S., & Chongtham, S. D. (2020). New Record of Earthworm of the Genus Metaphire from Manipur, Part of the Indo-myanmar Biodiversity Hotspot, Northeast India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS), 117. https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2020/v117/147125

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