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FROM the communications which reach me I learn that this subject is creating a great deal of interest. At the same time all the information is vague and unsatisfactory, and I am unable to obtain specimens of the creatures themselves. The vagueness of the information is due in great measure to the lack of knowledge which still prevails respecting the Oligochæte fauna of this country. A few local names are in use, such as dew-worm, brandling, lob-worm, and cockspur, but these are as valueless for scientific purposes as cuckoo-flower or bachelor“s buttons would be to a botanist.
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FRIEND, H. Luminous Worms. Nature 104, 334–335 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/104334f0
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