Amynthas japonicus

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Amynthas japonicus

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Clitellata
Order: Opisthopora
Suborder: Lumbricina
Family: Megascolecidae
Genus: Amynthas
Species:
†A. japonicus
Binomial name
†Amynthas japonicus
(Horst, 1883)

Megascolecidae earthworm Amynthas japonicus[2] was a Japanese native probably collected from Nagasaki in the 1820s.[1] It was one of three native earthworms[3] featured in Dr P.F.B. von Siebold’s extensive collection and recorded as one of Japan’s earliest pheretimoid species.[4] It is now deemed extinct given that a 2018 Nagasaki expedition and earlier 1930s reports failed to locate it.[5] It is featured on The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Blakemore, R.J. (2018). "Amynthas japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2018: e.T118812839A135691617.
  2. ^ Blakemore, Robert J. "Japanese earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta): a review and checklist of species" (PDF). Senckenberg University.
  3. ^ Blakemore, Robert J. (December 2018). "Non-Flat Earth Recalibrated for Terrain and Topsoil". Soil Systems. 2 (4): 64. doi:10.3390/soilsystems2040064.
  4. ^ Blakemore, Robert J. "On Opening a Box of Worms (Oligochaeta, Megascolecidae) — Historical Earthworm Specimens Transferred to Tokyo from the Saito Ho-on Kai Museum of Natural History in Sendai" (PDF). Kahkahu.
  5. ^ Blakemore, Robert J. "Extinction of Japan's first formally described earthworm Amynthas japonicus(Horst, 1883) (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megadrilacea, Megascolecidae)" (PDF). Kanagawa Museum.
  6. ^ "Amynthas japonicus - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database (REPAD)". recentlyextinctspecies.com. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
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