![]() However, little is known about the zoogeography of terrestrial invertebrates in this region. This endemism has resulted from complex histories of insularization caused by geological events and dispersal through land bridges or across the sea during a timeframe of several million years. ![]() 47-60 ISSN: 1439-6092 Subject: Megascolecidae, Miocene epoch, Ryukyu Archipelago, earthworms, geographical distribution, indigenous species, new species, phylogeny, phylogeography, zoogeography, Taiwan Abstract: The non-volant terrestrial fauna of the Ryukyu Archipelago is characterized by high endemism with island groups forming distinct biogeographical regions separated by straits. The biogeographical history of giant earthworms of the Metaphire formosae species group (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) in Taiwan and the Ryukyu Archipelago, with the description of a new species from Yonagunijima, Southern Ryukyus Author: Huei-Ping Shen, Chih-Han Chang, Hidetoshi Ota Source: Organisms, diversity, & evolution 2022 v.22 no.1 pp.
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