{"id":92907,"date":"2026-03-16T14:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=92907"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T10:50:32","slug":"drawida-vazhania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/drawida-vazhania\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawida vazhania"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Drawida vazhania Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A team of researchers recently identified a new earthworm species named Drawida vazhania from the Vazhani dam area of the Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary in the Thrissur district of Kerala.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Drawida vazhania<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>new species of earthworm.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered from the <\/span><b>Vazhani Dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> area of the <\/span><b>Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Thrissur district of <\/span><b>Kerala<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belonging to the <\/span><b>genus Drawida<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is <\/span><b>naturally restricted to the south, southeast, and east asian<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> region, it belongs to the family Moniligastridae.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D. vazhania, with<\/span><b> a small body size<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a member of the Barwelli species group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D. vazhania can be easily <\/span><b>differentiated <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from other members of the Barwelli group by the presence of a grooved male genital field, a kidney- or bean-shaped prostate, a narrow tubular C-shaped prostatic capsule, and a distinct small sessile atrium on the body wall.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the new finding, the <\/span><b>total number of Drawida species reported from India and the Western Ghats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> biodiversity hotspot has risen to<\/span><b> 83 and 55, respectively.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/new-earthworm-species-adds-to-western-ghats-rich-biodiversity\/article70746193.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drawida vazhania is a new species of earthworm discovered from the Vazhani Dam area of the Peechi-Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary in the Thrissur district of Kerala. 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