Earthworms from northern parts of Sistan and Balouchestan Province, Iran (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

Nasser Sanchooli ¹

Atabak Roohi Aminjan ²

Robabeh Latif ³

Vida Sarabandi ¹

Alireza Riki ⁴

¹ Zabol university

² Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Ir

³ University of Tehran

⁴ education

10.22067/ijab.v15i2.81039

Abstract

In this study, earthworms were collected from the wetlands of Sistan at 17 stations. The following nine species were identified: Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826), Ap. jassyensis (Michaelsen, 1891), Ap. longa (Ude, 1885), Ap. rosea (Savigny, 1826), Ap. trapezoides (Dugès, 1828), Bimastos parvus (Eisen, 1874), Eisenia andrei/fetida complex, E. omranii Latif, Malek and Csuzdi, 2017, and Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny, 1826). All species comprise a new record for the east of Iran. The most frequent species were Ap. rosea and Ap. caliginosa; and the rarest one was E. andrei/fetida. Length and total earthworm segments of each species were compared between specimens of Sistan and previous known values from Elburz (north of Iran) and/or Zagros (west of Iran) regions.

Keywords

Earthworm

Lumbricidae

New record

Sistan

Iran

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