Diplocardia is a genus of North American (USA, Mexico) earthworms with 52-57 known species that is remarkably similar to Australian Diplotrema Spencer, 1900.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Order: | Opisthopora |
| Suborder: | Lumbricina |
| Family: | Acanthodrilidae |
| Genus: | Diplocardia Garmon, 1888 |
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52+, see text | |
Species include Diplocardia pettiboneae (Gates 1977)[1] and Diplocardia longa (Moore 1904), with bioluminescent mucus.
The second largest earthworm in North America is Diplocardia meansi (Gates 1977) and is endemic to Rich Mountain in the Ouachita Mountains.[2]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Diplocardia.
- ^ Misspelled "D. pettibonae Gates 1977" by James (1995: 34) and this copied to Blakemore (2005/6) wherewithin species lists are presented.
- ^ Robison, Henry W.; Allen, Robert T. (1995-01-01). Only in Arkansas: A Study of the Endemic Plants and Animals of the State. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 978-1-55728-326-9.
- Blakemore, R.J. (2005). American earthworms from north of the Rio Grande - a species checklist. COE, YNU. Retrieved on 10 May 2005 [1][permanent dead link]
- Blakemore, R.J. (2006). American earthworms from north of the Rio Grande - a species checklist (2nd edition). COE, YNU. Retrieved on 13th Dec, 2006 [2]
- James, S.W. (1995). Systematics, biogeography and ecology of earthworms from eastern, central, southern and southwestern USA. in P. Hendrix (ed.) Earthworm Ecology and Biogeography in North America, pp. 29–51. CRC Press, Inc, Boca Raton, Florida. Retrieved on 4th Mar, 2008 from Google Books