Species Richness, Community Organization, and Spatiotemporal Distribution of Earthworms in the Pineapple Agroecosystems of Tripura, India

Table 5

Occurrence of different earthworm species of pineapple plantation in different ecological conditions in Tripura.

Family and earthworm species	Temperature (°C)	Moisture (%)	Soil pH	Organic matter (%)
Megascolecidae
M. houlleti	26.2 ± 0.28	19.78 ± 1.02	4.64 ± 0.10	2.03 ± 0.22
M. posthuma	24.8 ± 0.75	20.50 ± 1.43	5.72 ± 0.07	3.84 ± 0.06
Kanchuria sp.	26.2 ± 0.30	19.39 ± 0.85	4.63 ± 0.10	2.11 ± 0.17
K. sumerianus	26.8 ± 0.11	19.21 ± 0.75	4.79 ± 0.06	2.24 ± 0.05
Octochaetidae
E. gigas	26.1 ± 0.58	20.35 ± 0.78	4.51 ± 0.15	2.00 ± 0.20
E. scutarius	25.9 ± 1.25	22.53 ± 2.14	5.23 ± 0.68	3.14 ± 0.88
E. comillahnus	27.0 ± 0.35	19.96 ± 0.42	4.81 ± 0.09	2.72 ± 0.19
Eutyphoeus sp.	25.3 ± 1.05	19.12 ± 0.97	5.02 ± 0.22	1.61 ± 0.16
E. gammiei	25.0 ± 0.40	23.29 ± 0.89	5.76 ± 0.13	2.33 ± 0.14
Moniligastridae
D. assamensis	25.5 ± 0.31	19.03 ± 0.89	4.59 ± 0.14	2.16 ± 0.30
D. papillifer papillifer	25.4 ± 0.32	19.67 ± 1.27	4.67 ± 0.15	1.97 ± 0.21
D. nepalensis	26.3 ± 0.12	20.69 ± 0.18	4.41 ± 0.21	2.38 ± 0.10
Glossoscolecidae
P. corethrurus	25.7 ± 0.70	18.38 ± 1.08	4.77 ± 0.18	2.16 ± 0.28

Values represent mean ± standard deviation (SD).