Polypheretima is a genus of annelid earthworms belonging to the family Megascolecidae, erected by Wilhelm Michaelsen in 1934.[1] Species have been recorded mostly from Africa and Asia, with several apparently very locally endemic.[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: | Polypheretima Michaelsen, 1934 |
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This genus is similar to Pheretima and other "Pheretimoid" genera (also including Amynthas, Archipheretima, Duplodicodrilus, Metaphire, Metapheretima and Pithemera). They form an important ecological and taxonomic group in the Oriental region.[3]
Species
editThe Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists:[2]
- Polypheretima agathis Lee, 1981
- Polypheretima badia (Ude, 1932)
- Polypheretima bannaworensis Y.Hong & James, 2008
- Polypheretima bukidnonensis Aspe & James, 2016
- Polypheretima cattienensis Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen, 2015
- Polypheretima cokelat Fahri & Amaliah, 2017
- Polypheretima coplandi Easton, 1979
- Polypheretima cordata Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen, 2015
- Polypheretima elongatoides Fahri & Nguyen, 2017
- Polypheretima fruticosa Y.Hong & James, 2008
- Polypheretima gatesi Easton, 1979
- Polypheretima huonensis Easton, 1979
- Polypheretima kalimpaaensis Fahri & Amaliah, 2017
- Polypheretima kershawae Easton, 1979
- Polypheretima koyana Michaelsen, 1934
- Polypheretima lacertina Chen, 1946
- Polypheretima lesonea Easton, 1979
- Polypheretima medialis Lam, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2018
- Polypheretima mekongmontis T.T.Nguyen, Tran & A.D.Nguyen, 2014
- Polypheretima militium Nguyen, Tran & Nguyen, 2015
- Polypheretima mindanaoensis Aspe & James, 2015
- Polypheretima neglecta Easton, 1984
- Polypheretima pagudpudensis Y.Hong & James, 2011
- Polypheretima parataprobanea (Nguyen, 1993)
- Polypheretima patae Easton, 1979
- Polypheretima perlucidula Y.Hong & James, 2008
- Polypheretima phacellotheca (Michaelsen, 1899)
- Polypheretima sahlani Fahri & Amaliah, 2017
- Polypheretima sempolensis Easton, 1979
- Polypheretima tabhingensis Lam, Nguyen, Hoang, D. & Nguyen, 2018
- Polypheretima tamarae Easton, 1984
- Polypheretima tenebrica Chen, 1946
- Polypheretima zamboangensis Aspe & James, 2016
References
edit- ^ Michaelsen, W. (1934). "Oligochaeta from Sarawak". Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. 2. 77 (305): 1–47. doi:10.1242/jcs.s2-77.305.1.
- ^ 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.
External Links
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Data related to Megascolecidae at Wikispecies
