Research Article
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 |
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Values represent mean ± standard deviation (SD).
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