A megadrile is a kind of worm, a mostly terrestrial oligochaete.[1] Megadriles are placed within the superorder Megadrilacea, and include Moniligastrida and Lumbricina (or the order Haplotaxida, following Easton).[2][3]

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  1. ^ Maggenti, Armand R.; Mary Ann Basinger Maggenti; Scott Gardner (14 September 2005). "Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: M". Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  2. ^ Easton, E.G. (1981). "Japanese earthworms: a synopsis of the Megadrile species (Oligochaeta)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology. 40 (2): 33–65.
  3. ^ Blakemore, R.J. (December 2013). "The major megadrile families of the World reviewed again on their taxonomic types (Annelida: Oligochaeta: Megadrilacea)" (PDF). Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis. 44 (2): 107–127.