Canadian Forest Service Publications
North American earthworms native to Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula. 1994. McKey-Fender, D.; Fender, W.; Marshall, V.G. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 1325-1339.
Year: 1994
Issued by: Pacific Forestry Centre
Catalog ID: 3593
Language: English
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DOI: 10.1139/z94-176
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Abstract
The following native earthworms from the spruce-hemlock forest region of western North America are described: Lumbricidae: Bimastos lawrenceae Fender, n.sp. from Vancouver Island; Megascolecidae: five new species of Arctiostrotus McKey-Fender, 1982, including A. vancouverensis McKey-Fender, n.sp. from Vancouver Island and the Olympic Peninsula, A. pluvialis McKey-Fender, n.sp. and A. adunatus McKey-Fender, n.sp. from the Olympic Peninsula, A. fontinalis McKey-Fender, n.sp. from northwestern Oregon and western Washington, and A. johnsoni McKey-Fender, n.sp. from western Washington. The known species A. perrieri (Benham, 1892) and A. altmani (Gates, 1942) are redescribed, as is the Vancouver Island population of Toutellus oregonensis (Smith, 1937). Ecology, biology, and references to some associated biota and a key are included.
