enchytraeid
English
An enchytraeid, Enchytraeus albidus
Noun
enchytraeid (plural enchytraeids)
- (zoology) Any of the microdrile oligochaetes of the family Enchytraeidae, which resemble small earthworms.
- 1999, M. V. Reddy, Management of Tropical Agroecosystems and the Beneficial Soil Biota, page 218:
- The effect of fertilizers on the diversity of enchytraeids has not been studied but occurrence of high abundance of enchytraeids after organic manure application has been noted.
- 2006, Eldor A. Paul, Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry, page 177:
- Enchytraeids probably consume and further process larger fecal pellets and castings of soil macrofauna, such as collembolans and earthworms (Zachariae, 1984; Rusek, 1985).
- 2011, Pilar Rodriguez, Trefor B. Reynoldson, The Pollution Biology of Aquatic Oligochaetes, page 21,
- The exclusion of enchytraeids from many treatises and aquatic oligochaetes keys cannot be justified as approximately one third of the total enchytraeid species (Martin et al. 2008) inhabit aquatic habitats.
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Translations
worm of the family Enchytraeidae
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