Mac's worms

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DescriptionThe specimens in this collection represent a novel blend of biodiversity discovery. Dr. Roberto Carrera-Martínez, Dr. Hiroshi Ikeda, and Dr. Mac Callaham, with other collaborators, collected earthworms from stream banks throughout the eastern United States. This habitat - often considered 'aquatic' by terrestrial ecologists and 'terrestrial' by stream ecologists - is where the earthworm family Sparganophilidae thrives. Their collections, followed by DNA barcoding and meticulous morphological examination, led to many new species being described and a total donation of over 1200 new specimens from North America and Puerto Rico. (NOTE THAT MANY SPECIMENS IN OUR DATABASE ARE THUS UNLABELED BUT ARE LINKED THROUGH THIS INFORMATION - WE WILL UPDATE SOON WITH NCBI ACCESSION NUMBERS) For more information on the research behind this collection, please see https://esploro.libs.uga.edu/esploro/outputs/graduate/Distribution-and-diversity-of-semiaquatic-Sparganophilidae/9949334459502959Collection SummaryDr. Mac Callaham and colleagues used a combination of DNA barcoding and knowledge of soil invertebrate ecology to describe dozens of new earthworm species

Invertebrate Specimen

Annelida: Oligochaeta 11312

Geocalciphera sparganopsis (Sparganophilidae): 10591

Geocalciphera sparganopsis (Sparganophilidae): 10592

Geocalciphera sparganopsis (Sparganophilidae): 10593

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10420

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10496

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10984

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10985

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10986

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10987

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10988

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10989

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10990

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10993

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10994

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10995

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10996

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 10997

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 11486

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 11489

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 11503

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 11504

Sparganophilus (Sparganophilidae): 11505

Over 100 holotype and paratype specimens from the recent work and donated materials by Dr. Mac Callaham and his colleagues.

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Mac's worms