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.
Sanchooli, N., Roohi Aminjan, A., Latif, R., Sarabandi, V., & Riki, A. (2019). Earthworms from northern parts of Sistan and Balouchestan Province, Iran (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae). Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 15(2), -. doi: 10.22067/ijab.v15i2.81039
MLA
Nasser Sanchooli; Atabak Roohi Aminjan; Robabeh Latif; Vida Sarabandi; Alireza Riki. "Earthworms from northern parts of Sistan and Balouchestan Province, Iran (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)", Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 15, 2, 2019, -. doi: 10.22067/ijab.v15i2.81039
HARVARD
Sanchooli, N., Roohi Aminjan, A., Latif, R., Sarabandi, V., Riki, A. (2019). 'Earthworms from northern parts of Sistan and Balouchestan Province, Iran (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)', Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 15(2), pp. -. doi: 10.22067/ijab.v15i2.81039
VANCOUVER
Sanchooli, N., Roohi Aminjan, A., Latif, R., Sarabandi, V., Riki, A. Earthworms from northern parts of Sistan and Balouchestan Province, Iran (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae). Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2019; 15(2): -. doi: 10.22067/ijab.v15i2.81039
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