Metaphire agrestis (Goto & Hatai, 1899)

Blakemore, Robert J., 2013, Jeju-do earthworms (Oligochaeta: Megadrilacea) - Quelpart Island revisited, Journal of Species Research 2 (1), pp. 15-54 : 35

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https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2013.2.1.015

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13136957

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scientific name

Metaphire agrestis (Goto & Hatai, 1899)
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Metaphire agrestis (Goto & Hatai, 1899)

Material examined. IV0000250406-7 Cheonji-yeon Falls, Seogwipo, collected 13 th June, 2012 by RJB; two mature specimens, one sketched and dissected, providing DNA sample ( WO 56 mixed in lab and resampled as w 32 in Appendix). Seven similar mainly immature specimens collected from Cheonji-yeon Falls on 14 th June, 2012 (undissected).

Remarks. These specimens conform to the redescription by the current author from Japan and Korea. A neotype in Tokyo Museum is in process of description as noted by Blakemore (2012b; 2012f). Further work is currently in progress to define this cosmopolitan species.

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