Megascolides is a genus of earthworms in the family Megascolecidae.[2]
| Megascolides | |
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| Megascolides australis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Clade: | Pleistoannelida |
| Clade: | Sedentaria |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Order: | Opisthopora |
| Family: | Megascolecidae |
| Genus: | Megascolides McCoy, 1878[1] |
| Species | |
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About 40, see species | |
Species
editThere are about 40 species:[2]
- Megascolides albus Lee, 1952
- Megascolides attenuatus Spencer, 1892
- Megascolides australis McCoy, 1878 – giant Gippsland earthworm
- Megascolides cataractus Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides catenastagnis Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides croesus Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides diaphanus Spencer, 1900
- Megascolides eucalypti Spencer, 1900
- Megascolides fontis Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides fuscus Lee, 1952
- Megascolides improbus Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides intestinalis Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides irregularis Lee, 1952
- Megascolides jotaylorae Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides laffani Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides manni
- Megascolides multituberculata Jamieson, 1972
- Megascolides neglectus Cognetti de Martiis, 1909
- Megascolides oppidanus Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides parvus Lee, 1952
- Megascolides punctatus Spencer, 1900
- Megascolides raglani Lee, 1952
- Megascolides reptans (Ude, 1905)
- Megascolides ruber Lee, 1952
- Megascolides rubicundus Lee, 1959
- Megascolides salmo Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides sanctorum Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides simsoni Keable, 1895
- Megascolides sinuosus Spencer, 1892
- Megascolides steeli Spencer, 1900
- Megascolides tasmani Lee, 1959
- Megascolides tener Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides tisdalli Spencer, 1900
- Megascolides tortuosus Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides umbonis Blakemore, 2000
- Megascolides unipapillatus (Ude, 1905)
- Megascolides victoriensis Spencer, 1892
- Megascolides viridis Lee, 1952
- Megascolides volvens Spencer, 1900
- Megascolides xanthus Blakemore, 2000
References
edit- ^ "Nomenclator Zoologicus". Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b Megascolides. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera.
Further reading
edit- Giant Gippsland earthworm at the Museum Victoria website
- Rossiter, RJ; Gaffney, TJ; Rosenberg, H; Ennor, AH (1960). "The formation in vivo of lombricine in the earthworm (Megascolides cameroni)". The Biochemical Journal. 76 (3): 603–10. doi:10.1042/bj0760603. PMC 1204840. PMID 13743749.