TY -JOUR
AU -Huei-Ping Shen
AU -Su-Chen Tsai
AU -Chu-Fa Tsai
TI -Occurrence of the Earthworms Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855), Metaphire houlleti (Perrier, 1872), and Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny, 1826) from Taiwan
PY -2005
DA -0000-00-00
JO -Taiwania
VL -50
IS -1
SP -11
EP -21
UR -https://taiwania.ntu.edu.tw/abstract/443
AB -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.
DO -10.6165/tai.2005.50(1).11