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Biodiversity of earthworm (Oligochaeta- Annelida) in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India

Pankaj Kumar Singh and Keshav Singh

Year : 2023 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 7-14

doi: https://doi.org/10.55126/ijzab.2023.v08.i06.002

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Accepted on: 12/10/2023

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  • Pankaj Kumar Singh and Keshav Singh( 2023).

    Biodiversity of earthworm (Oligochaeta- Annelida) in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India

    . International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 8( 6), 7-14.

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Abstract

Earthworm samples were collected in different fields at intervals of 25 days at 768 randomly selected locations (8 blocks x 4 villages x 4 fields x 6 sites) in the Kushinagar district of northeast Uttar Pradesh, India. A total of 18893 individuals were collected, representing 9 species, 7 genera, and 3 families. Among them, the most dominant species was Lampitomauritii (15.68%) followed by Metaphireposthuma (14.44%), Eisenia fetida (11.01%), Perionyx excavatus (10.22%), Ramiellabishambari (10.17%), Eutyphoeuswaltoni (9.87%), Eutyphoeusincommodus (9.82%), Amynthasmorrisi (9.69%), and Dichogasterbolaui(9.10%). In Kushinagar district, Megascolecidae and Acanthodrilidaeaccounted for the largest families, each representing 50.03 %and 38.96%distribution in the fields in different blocks.Lumbricidae family represents only 11.01% of distribution in the fields. Different ecological indices were calculated at all the locations and date intervals and its consequences were discussed.

Keywords

Earthworms,Fields, Earthworms biodiversity, Ecological Indices.

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