New Report on Marine Macrobenthics Oligochaeta (Annelida:Clitellata) from Sarawak , Borneo.


 

THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL
VOL LXXXIII NO.104 DECEMBER 2020

 
 
Title : 
New Report on Marine Macrobenthic Oligochaeta (Annelida: Clitellata) from Sarawak, Borneo

Author : 
Mohamad Taufek Zakirah

Abstract:
Two species of Naididae (subfamily Rhyacodrilinae and Limnodrilloidinae) and one species of Megascolidae were described from Sarawak coastal waters. The marine oligochaetes specimens identified as Monophylephorus rubroniveus, Smithsonidrilus sp. and Pontodrilus litoralis. All three species found in the present study are new records of marine oligochaetes from Sarawak coastal waters. The finding of this study is expected to be useful as baseline information for future ecological and systematic studies of marine oligochaetes in Malaysia.

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61507/smj22-2020-GXX3-03


How to cite:
Taufek Zakirah (2020). New Report on Marine Macrobenthic Oligochaeta (Annelida: Clitellata) from Sarawak, Borneo. Sarawak Museum Journal, LXXXIII (104) : 23-34 https://doi.org/10.61507/smj22-2020-GXX3-03

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