Metapheretima is a genus of annelid earthworms belonging to the family Megascolecidae, erected by Wilhelm Michaelsen in 1928.[1] Species have been recorded mostly from Asia, Australia and Pacific Islands.[2]

Metapheretima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Clade: Pleistoannelida
Clade: Sedentaria
Class: Clitellata
Order: Opisthopora
Suborder: Crassiclitellata
Family: Megascolecidae
Genus: Metapheretima
Michaelsen, 1928

This genus is similar to Pheretima and other "Pheretimoid" genera (also including Amynthas, Archipheretima, Duplodicodrilus, Metaphire, Pithemera and Polypheretima). They form an important ecological and taxonomic group in the Oriental region.[3][4]

Species

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The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Michaelsen W (1928) Arkiv för Zoologi, 20, A3.
  2. ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Polypheretima Michaelsen, 1934 (retrieved 20 June 2024)
  3. ^ "Checklist of pheretimoid taxa" (PDF). YNU. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
  4. ^ Tung T Nguyen, Binh TT Tran, Duc Anh Nguyen (2014) Earthworms of the 'acaecate' Pheretima group in Vietnam (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae), with description of a new species from the Mekong delta. Zootaxa 3866 [1]: 105–121.
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