Amynthas japonicus
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Amynthas japonicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Annelida |
Class: | Clitellata |
Order: | Opisthopora |
Suborder: | Lumbricina |
Family: | Megascolecidae |
Genus: | Amynthas |
Species: | †A. japonicus
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Binomial name | |
†Amynthas japonicus (Horst, 1883)
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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[]
- ^ a b Blakemore, R.J. (2018). "Amynthas japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2018: e.T118812839A135691617.
- ^ Blakemore, Robert J. "Japanese earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta): a review and checklist of species" (PDF). Senckenberg University.
- ^ Blakemore, Robert J. (December 2018). "Non-Flat Earth Recalibrated for Terrain and Topsoil". Soil Systems. 2 (4): 64. doi:10.3390/soilsystems2040064.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Blakemore, Robert J. "Extinction of Japan's first formally described earthworm Amynthas japonicus(Horst, 1883) (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Megadrilacea, Megascolecidae)" (PDF). Kanagawa Museum.
- ^ "Amynthas japonicus - The Recently Extinct Plants and Animals Database (REPAD)". recentlyextinctspecies.com. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Megascolecidae
- Nagasaki