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Aiyer, K.S.P. (1929). An account of the Oligochaeta of Travancore. Records of the Indian museum. 31(1): 13-76.
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Aiyer, K.S.P.
1929
An account of the Oligochaeta of Travancore
Records of the Indian museum
31(1): 13-76
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Aulophorus furcatus (Müller, 1774) (additional source)
Aulophorus michaelseni Stephenson, 1923 (additional source)
Dero austrina Stephenson, 1925 accepted as Dero dorsalis Ferronnière, 1899 (additional source)
Dero limosa Leidy, 1852 accepted as Dero digitata (Müller, 1774) (additional source)
Dero niveum Aiyer, 1929 accepted as Dero nivea Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Dero palmata Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Dero pectinata Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Dero zeylanica Stephenson, 1913 (additional source)
Drawida barwelli impertusus Stephenson, 1920 (additional source)
Drawida circumpapillatus Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Drawida ghatensis Michaelsen, 1910 (additional source)
Drawida pellucida Stephenson, 1914 (additional source)
Drawida travancorensis Michaelsen, 1910 (additional source)
Malabaria biprostata Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Megascolex auriculata Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Megascolex avicula Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Megascolex kumiliensis Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Megascolex peermadensis Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Megascolex polytheca uniquus Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Megascolex ratus Cognetti, 1911 (additional source)
Megascolex travancorensis proboscidea Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Megascolex trivandranus Stephenson, 1916 (additional source)
Megascolides chengannures Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Moniligaster deshayesi Perrier, 1872 (additional source)
Naidium breviseta (Bourne, 1891) accepted as Pristina (Pristina) breviseta Bourne, 1891 (basis of record)
Naidium menoni Aiyer, 1929 accepted as Pristina (Pristinella) menoni (Aiyer, 1929) (original description)
Naidium trivandranum Aiyer, 1926 accepted as Stephensonia trivandrana (Aiyer, 1926) accepted as Stephensoniana trivandrana (Aiyer, 1926) (new combination reference)
Nais communis punjabensis Stephenson, 1909 accepted as Nais communis Piguet, 1906 (additional source)
Nais pectinata Stephenson, 1910 accepted as Allonais pectinata (Stephenson, 1910) (additional source)
Nais pectinata var. inaequalis Stephenson, 1911 accepted as Allonais inaequalis (Stephenson, 1911) (additional source)
Notoscolex minimus Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Notoscolex peermadensis Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Notoscolex tenmalai ghatensis Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Notoscolex tenmalai karakulamensis (Stephenson, 1916) (additional source)
Notoscolex travancorensis Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Plutellus variabilis Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
Pontodrilus bermudensis Beddard, 1891 accepted as Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855) (additional source)
Pristina aequiseta Bourne, 1891 represented as Pristina (Pristina) aequiseta Bourne, 1891 (additional source)
Pristina longiseta Ehrenberg, 1831 represented as Pristina (Pristina) longiseta Ehrenberg, 1831 (additional source)
Pristina proboscidea paraguayensis Michaelsen, 1905 accepted as Pristina proboscidea Beddard, 1895 represented as Pristina (Pristina) proboscidea Beddard, 1896 (additional source)
Stephensonia Aiyer, 1929 accepted as Stephensoniana Černosvitov, 1938 (original description)
Stephensonia trivandrana (Aiyer, 1926) accepted as Stephensoniana trivandrana (Aiyer, 1926) (basis of record)
Woodwardiella kayankulamensis Aiyer, 1929 (original description)
 Etymology

There is no etymological explanation in the Original paper, and there is no note that this species is snow-white ... [details]

 Etymology

there is no etymological explanation in the Original paper, but 'palmata' is derived from the palmate dorsal needle. [details]

 Etymology

There was no etymological explanation in the Original paper but the name pectinata is probably derived from the ... [details]

 Etymology

there is no etymological explanation in the Original paper, but in his remarks on page 51 he writes that '...the ... [details]

 Etymology

There is no etymological explanation in the Original paper but the species is characterized in having only a single ... [details]

 Etymology

There is no etymological explanation in the Original paper but it is most certainly derived from Kumili in Southern ... [details]

 Etymology

There is no etymological explanation in the Original paper but it is most certainly derived from Peermade in ... [details]

 Etymology

There is no etymological explanation in the Original paper, but the species has a characteristic prostomium which ... [details]

 Etymology

There is no etymological explanation in the Original paper but it is most certainly derived from Chengannur, the ... [details]

 Etymology

The species was named after Aiyer's old teacher, Professor K. R. Menon of the Presidency College in Madras. [details]

 Etymology

There is no etymological explanation in the Original paper but it is most certainly derived from Peermade in ... [details]

 Etymology

Named after the region Travancore in Southern India, [details]

 Etymology

probably named after J. Stephenson [details]

 Etymology

There is no etymological explanation in the Original paper, but it is most certainly derived from Kayankulam, the ... [details]

 Type locality

The description is based up on material collected in Trivandrum on 14.v.1927 [details]

 Type locality

Described from specimens collected at Nedumangad (10.ix.1926) and Vembayam (5.xii.1926), India [details]

 Type locality

Described from material collected at Kumili, Southern India (26.xii.1926) [details]

 Type locality

Described from material collected at Vandiperiyar (24.xii.1926) and Kumili (26.xii.1926) in Southern India [details]

 Type locality

Described from material collected at Peermade, Southern India on 23.xii.1926 [details]

 Type locality

Described from material collected in Kumili, Southern India (date unknown but probably in 1926). [details]

 Type locality

Described from material collected at Peermade, Southern India on 24.xii.1926 [details]

 Type locality

Described from material collected at Kumili in Southern India (26.xii.1926) [details]

 Type locality

Described from material collected at Tenmalai, Southern India on 14.ix.1926 and 19.x.1926 [details]

 Type locality

Described from material collected in Chengannur, Southern India on 28.viii.1926 and 14.ix.1926 [details]

 Type locality

Described from material collected at Peermade, Travancore, Southern India on 22.xii.1926 [details]

 Type locality

Described from material collected at Peermade, Travancore, Southern India on 23.xii.1926 [details]

 Type locality

Described from material collected at Tenmalai, Travancore, Southern India on 9.x.1926 [details]

 Type locality

Described from material collected at Peermade, Travancore, Southern India on 23.xii.1926 [details]

 Type locality

Described from material from various places in Southern India : Tenmalai (11.xi.1926), Vembayam (ix.1926), Peermade ... [details]

 Type locality

Described from material collected at Kayankulam, Travancore in November 1926 [details]

 Type material

The description was based up on material collected in Trivandrum on 24.v.1927 [details]

 Type material

The description of this species was based up on material collected in Trivandrum on 12.v.1927 [details]

 Type material

This species was described after material collected from a tank at Chirayinkil in October, 1926 and later from a ... [details]