Megascolex travancorensis bonaccordensis Michaelsen, 1913:84
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1913 or before (Sathrumithra et al., 2018:66)
Rediscovered on: 18 May 2016 (Sathrumithra et al., 2018:65)
"Megascolex travancorensis bonaccordensis, was rediscovered after 104 years since its description by Michaelsen (1913) from Bonacaud (Thiruvananthapuram District)."
(Sathrumithra et al., 2018:66)
Distribution
Bonacaud (=Bonaccord), Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original description:
Michaelsen, W. (1913). Oligochäten von Travancore und Bomeo. Jahrbuch der hamburgischen wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 30: 73-92.
Other references:
Blakemore, Robert J. (2007) Checklist of 505 earthworms species from India, Sri Lanka and the adjacent regions (excluding Myanmar) compiled from various sources [e.g. Stephenson (1923), Gates (1972), Julka (1988) etc.]. In: Blakemore, Robert J. (2008) (ed.). A series of searchable texts on earthworm biodiversity, ecology and systematic from various regions of the world – 3rd Ed. Available from: http//www.annelida.net/earthworm (accessed 27 November 2022).
Narayanan, S. Prasanth et al. (2016). Checklist of the earthworms (Oligochaeta) of Kerala, a constituent of Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India. Zootaxa 4193(1): 117-137. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4193.1.5
Narayanan, S. Prasanth, Naik, A., Mahata, A., Palita, S. K., Thomas, A. P. and Paliwal, R. (2024). Megascolex Templeton, 1844 (Clitellata, Megascolecidae): description of a new species from the northern Eastern Ghats, India with taxonomic key to the Indian species. Opusc. Zool. Budapest 55: 109-121.
Sathrumithra, Somanadhan, Narayanan, Sasankan Prasanth, Anuja, Rajagopal, Kurian, Punnen, Thomas, Ambattu Paili, Julka, Jatinder Mohan and Reynolds, John Warren. (2018). Diversity of earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta) in Konni, a part of the Western Ghats of Kerala, India. Megadrilogica 23(3): 57-68.
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