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

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