RUI - A Terrestial Annelida and Terrestrial Gastropoda Biodiversity Surv ey of the Philippines

该项目旨在对菲律宾北方和西部的陆生环节动物和陆生蜗牛生物多样性进行调查，以提供关于该国迅速消失的独特生物群的信息。 这项工作将有助于新的信息对修订系统学的perichaelium megascolecid蚯蚓，并提供新的知识陆地水蛭，Enchytraied oligochaelium，和陆地腹足类的菲律宾群岛。 实地工作将包括到该国北方和西部剩余的小块古老的低地和山地雨林进行多次收集。 这项研究的电子产品将包括一个可在网上搜索的菲律宾环节动物数据库、一个大型图像档案、识别和研究辅助工具以及一个群岛蚯蚓的交互式检索表，包括常见的外来物种。

This project is designed to conduct a terrestrial Annelid and land snail biodiversity survey of the northern and western Philippines that will provide information on that nation's rapidly vanishing unique biota. The work will contribute new information towards revisionary systematics of the perichaetine megascolecid earthworms, and provide new knowledge of terrestrial leeches, Enchytraied oligochaetes, and terrestrial gastropods of the Phillipine island archipelago. Field work will consist of numerous collecting trips to the remaining small areas of old-growth lowland and montane rainforest in the northern and western parts of the country. The electronic products of the research will include a web-searchable database on the Philippine Annelida, a large archive of images, identification and study aids, and an interactive key to the earthworms of the archipelago, including common exotic species.