Description of a new species of the earthworm genus Moniligaster Perrier, 1872 (Clitellata, Moniligastridae) from the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve of Tamil Nadu State, India
Author
Narayanan, S. Prasanth
Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam - 686560, Kerala, India
Author
Ahmed, Shakoor
Zoological Survey of India (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India), FPS Building, Indian Museum Complex, Kolkata - 700016, West Bengal, India
Author
Thomas, A. P.
Advanced Centre of Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarsini Hills, Kottayam - 686560, Kerala, India
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Zootaxa
2025
2025-02-19
5589
1
142
154
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.12
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5589.1.12
1175-5326
14896843
84299CDD-8C6D-413A-9E9D-3A6E9F5BC9F1
Genus
Moniligaster
Perrier, 1872
Type
species.
Moniligaster deshayesi
Perrier, 1872
Distribution.
Endemic to south-western
India
, in the Western Ghats mountain ranges, with one record from the Eastern Ghats (
Narayanan
et al.
2023a
,
2024c
).