{"id":127423,"date":"2026-10-04T12:20:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T06:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=127423"},"modified":"2026-10-04T13:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T08:12:27","slug":"drawida-incomparabilis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/drawida-incomparabilis\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawida Incomparabilis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Drawida Incomparabilis Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers have announced the discovery of a new earthworm species, Drawida incomparabilis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Drawida Incomparabilis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>new earthworm species.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was found deep within the <\/span><b>evergreen and deciduous forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/western-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Western Ghats<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mountain chain across the southern states of <strong>Keralam and Tamil Nadu.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Features:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>relatively large worm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, measuring between 217 and 392 millimetres in length, and possesses distinctive glandular prostates coupled with an unusually posterior location for its gizzards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species <\/span><b>belongs to the family Moniligastridae.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Moniligastridae<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a diverse group of terrestrial megadrile earthworms that currently contains 194 valid species distributed across five genera.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among them, the genus Drawida is the most species-rich and a prominent component of Asian subterranean ecosystems.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What are Earthworms?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earthworms are harmless, often beneficial <\/span><b>residents of the soil.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They occur in <\/span><b>virtually all soils of the world<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which the <\/span><b>moisture and organic content<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are sufficient to sustain them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Features<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The earthworm body <\/span><b>is divided into ringlike segments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Some internal organs, including the excretory organs, are duplicated in each segment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>don\u2019t have lungs;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they breathe through their skin.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earthworms <\/span><b>lack eyes and instead use specialized receptor cells<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in their skin to detect light, touch, vibrations, and chemicals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earthworms have five \u201chearts\u201d that pump blood through their bodies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their food consists of <\/span><b>decaying plants and other organisms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; as they eat.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/researchmatters.in\/news\/beyond-comparison-meet-drawida-incomparabilis-a-new-earthworm-species-discovered-in-the-western-ghats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drawida Incomparabilis was found deep within the evergreen and deciduous forests of the Western Ghats mountain chain. 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