%0 Journal Article
%A Huei-Ping Shen
%A Su-Chen Tsai
%A Chu-Fa Tsai
%T Occurrence of the Earthworms Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855), Metaphire houlleti (Perrier, 1872), and Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny, 1826) from Taiwan
%D 2005
%J Taiwania
%V 50
%N 1
%P 11-21
%U https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/443
%X This paper describes two megascolecid earthworms Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855) and Metaphire houlleti (Perrier, 1872), and a lumbricid earthworm Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny, 1826) as the species newly recorded to Taiwan. P. litoralis is a small, euryhaline earthworm dwelling in the intertidal zone along coasts of the Penghu island and the southwestern Taiwan. M. houlleti is a medium, sexthecal earthworm from Pingtung of the southern Taiwan. It belongs to the houlleti-group of the genus Metaphire Sims and Easton, 1972. E. tetraedra is an earthworm dwelling in the torrents or damp habitat in mountain streams of the central Taiwan.
%M doi:10.6165/tai.2005.50(1).11