Freshwater oligochaetes of India: A review

Journal Title: Journal of Applied and Natural Science - Year 2009, Vol 1, Issue 1

Abstract

The present review deals with freshwater oligochaetes of India which records the presence of 102 species of freshwater oligochaetes belonging to 17 genera and 4 families. Besides this, a brief description of their global and Indian distribution has also been made along with their ecology, morphology of typical oligochaetes methods of their collection and preparation for taxonomic study has also been given. A thorough survey of various states is needed for the distribution of oligochaetes systematically

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H. Singh, Richa Agrawal, Anshu Chaudhary

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H. Singh, Richa Agrawal, Anshu Chaudhary (2009). Freshwater oligochaetes of India: A review. Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 1(1), 89-98. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-136505