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]
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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: | 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
editThe Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2]
- Metapheretima agathis K.Lee, 1981
- Metapheretima andurili Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima apunae K.Lee, 1981
- Metapheretima arensi Ude, 1932
- Metapheretima buckerfieldi K.Lee, 1981
- Metapheretima deidrae Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima deirdrae Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima doni Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima dorii Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima durendali Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima elberti Ude, 1932
- Metapheretima elrondi Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima erromangae K.Lee, 1981
- Metapheretima excalaberi Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima glamdringi Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima kellneri Ude, 1932
- Metapheretima kilii Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima lindiae Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima noebiana Michaelsen, 1934
- Metapheretima orcrista Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima pallens Ude, 1924
- Metapheretima quinqueremis Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima septocta Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima sergei Easton, 1984
- Metapheretima simsi Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima sola Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima stingi Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima sucklingensis Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima swelaensis Ude, 1932
- Metapheretima tavvarinensis (Cognetti, 1911)
- Metapheretima tiencanhensis (Pham, 1995)
- Metapheretima triciae Easton, 1979
- Metapheretima vietnamensis (Thai, 1984)
- Metapheretima wetzeli Ude, 1932
References
edit- ^ Michaelsen W (1928) Arkiv för Zoologi, 20, A3.
- ^ a b Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Polypheretima Michaelsen, 1934 (retrieved 20 June 2024)
- ^ "Checklist of pheretimoid taxa" (PDF). YNU. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ^ 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.
External Links
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Data related to Megascolecidae at Wikispecies
