1. THE EARTHWORMS (OLIGOCHAETA: LUMBRICIDAE AND MEGASCOLECIDAE) IN THE YUKON AND A FIRST RECORD FOR SKAGWAY, ALASKA, USA.
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Reynolds, John Warren, Cameron, Erin K., Sweeney, Larissa M., Bennett, Bruce, and Godin, Benoit
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EARTHWORMS , *LUMBRICIDAE , *MEGASCOLECIDAE , *OLIGOCHAETA , *NUMBERS of species , *DATA libraries - Abstract
In total, 42 collections were taken from Watson Lake to Dawson City and produced two species new to the Yukon: Eiseniella tetraedra and Lumbricus castaneus. The collections near Watson Lake, which is in the southeastern portion of the territory, were taken during the 2019 Yukon Conservation Data Centre Bioblitz. This brings the number of known species in the Yukon to ten. A collection in Kluane National Park produced the second sample of Arctiostrotus fontinalis in the territory. Bimastos parvus from Dawson City was also the second collection in the Yukon since the first in 1993. The most frequently encountered species in the Yukon are Dendrobaena octaedra and Dendrodrilus rubidus. Lumbricus rubellus is the first earthworm species to be reported from the Skagway area in Alaska. We present a key and illustrated glossary to the species in the Yukon. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019