Amynthas tokioensis, the Asian jumping worm, is a species of earthworm in the family Megascolecidae. It is native to Japan and the Korean Peninsula. It is an invasive species in North America.[1][2]
| Amynthas tokioensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Order: | Opisthopora |
| Family: | Megascolecidae |
| Genus: | Amynthas |
| Species: | A. tokioensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Amynthas tokioensis (Beddard, 1892)
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These worms engage in parthenogenetic reproduction.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Invasive jumping worms damage U.S. Soil and threaten forests". 29 September 2020.
- ^ Chang, Chih-Han; Johnston, Marie R.; Görres, Josef H.; Dávalos, Andrea; McHugh, Damhnait; Szlavecz, Katalin (2018). "Co-invasion of three Asian earthworms, Metaphire hilgendorfi, Amynthas agrestis and Amynthas tokioensis in the USA". Biological Invasions. 20 (4): 843–848. doi:10.1007/s10530-017-1607-x. S2CID 4518705.
- ^ "A guide to identifying the Asian earthworms Amynthas agrestis, Amynthas tokioensis, and Metaphire hilgendorfi" by Chih-Han Chang. Extracted from Asian pheretimoid earthworms in North America north of Mexico: An illustrated key to the genera Amynthas, Metaphire, Pithemera, and Polypheretima by C.-H. Chang and B. Snyder and K. Szlavecz. Zootaxa 4179 (3), 495–529. 2016. Accessed August 20, 2021.
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