A NEW SPECIES OF EARTHWORM DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF EARTHWORM IN THE WESTERN GHATS 

* THE SPECIES FOUND IN EVERGREEN AND DECIDUOUS FOREST ( KERALAM & TAMILNADU) 

* SPECIES NAMED - DRAWIDA  INCOMPARABILIS 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) INDIA & MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY IN KERALA.

* DRAWIDA LORICATA ( ALSO FOUND DETECTED SINCE 1945) 

* INCOMPARABILIS ( LATIN WORD MEANS - BEYOND COMPARISON OR MATCHLESS) 

* IT IS THE LARGE WORM SPECIES MEASURING BETWEEN 217 AND 392 milimeter in LENGTH 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO FAMILY - MONILIGASTRIDAE 

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