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Pontoscolex corethrurus

Known as: Lumbricus corethrurus 
 
National Institutes of Health

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2017
2017
Plant‐facilitated effects of exotic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on the soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics and soil microbial community in a subtropical field ecosystem
Earthworms and plants greatly affect belowground properties; however, their combined effects are more attractive based on the… (More)
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2017
2017
Ecotoxicology of mercury in tropical forest soils: Impact on earthworms.
Mercury (Hg) is one of the most toxic nonessential trace metals in the environment, with high persistence and bioaccumulation… (More)
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2016
2016
Nest site selection and nutritional provision through excreta: a form of parental care in a tropical endogeic earthworm
Nest construction is a common form of parental care in soil organisms. However, it is unknown whether the tropical earthworm… (More)
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2015
2015
Potential role of endogeic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus in remediating banana blood disease: a preliminary observation
Blood disease is a destructive bacterial infection that causes severe yield loss to the banana industry. Ideally, an… (More)
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2015
2015
Assimilation of labile carbon and particulate organic matter by tropical endogeic earthworms Pontoscolex corethrurus (Glossoscolecidae, Oligochaeta)
Endogeic earthworms often dominate in biomass in the soil macrofauna of temperate and tropical zones. Representatives of this… (More)
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2014
2014
Living on a volcano’s edge: genetic isolation of an extremophile terrestrial metazoan
Communities of organisms inhabiting extreme terrestrial environments provide a unique opportunity to study evolutionary forces… (More)
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2004
2004
Adaptive strategies of Pontoscolex corethrurus (Glossoscolecidae, Oligochaeta), a peregrine geophagous earthworm of the humid tropics
Pontoscolex corethrurus is a medium-sized geophagous earthworm species which has invaded most cultivated land in the humid… (More)
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2004
2004
Nitrogen mineralization and reorganization in casts of the geophagous tropical earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus (Glossoscolecidae)
Mineral N concentrations ranged from 133.1 to 167.8 μg g-1 dry soil in fresh casts of the endogeic earthworm Pontoscolex… (More)
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2002
2002
Cocoon production, morphology, hatching pattern and fecundity in seven tropical earthworm species — a laboratory-based investigation
Data on the reproductive biology of seven Indian species of earthworms, viz.Perionyx excavatus Perrier,Lampito mauritii Kinberg… (More)
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2002
2002
Interactive effects of native and exotic earthworms on resource use and nutrient mineralization in a tropical wet forest soil of Puerto Rico
Investigation of single or mixed assemblages of native Estherella sp. and exotic Pontoscolex corethrurus from a rain forest in… (More)
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