Thailand: Astonishing 10 new species of semi-aquatic freshwater earthworms revealed

Wednesday, February 6, 2013 - 13:31 in Biology & Nature

The semi-aquatic earthworms in the genus Glyphidrilus are somewhat unfamiliar species that live between the terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems of rivers, streams, canals, ponds, swamps and paddy systems. Remarkably, each species is endemic to a single water basin, carrying its own signature of evolution from their common origin. A study describing ten newly discovered species of the genus has been published in the open access journal ZooKeys.

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