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Soil Macrofauna

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Global Biodiversity

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Compared to conspicuously diverse habitats such as tropical rain forest or coral reefs, the soil as a habitat in its own right, with its own rich fauna and flora, is often overlooked. It supports, however, a wide array of diverse animals, with representatives from every major phylum in the animal kingdom except the coelenterates and the echinoderms (Wallwork, 1976).

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Groombridge, B. (1992). Soil Macrofauna. In: Groombridge, B. (eds) Global Biodiversity. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2282-5_11

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