Megascolides
| Megascolides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Clitellata |
| Order: | Opisthopora |
| Suborder: | Lumbricina |
| Family: | Megascolecidae |
| Genus: | Megascolides McCoy, 1878[1] |
| Species | |
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About 40, see species | |
Megascolides is a genus of earthworms in the family Megascolecidae.[2]
Species[]
There are about 40 species:[2]
- Lee, 1952
- Spencer, 1892
- Megascolides australis McCoy, 1878 – giant Gippsland earthworm
- Blakemore, 2000
- Blakemore, 2000
- Blakemore, 2000
- Spencer, 1900
- Spencer, 1900
- Blakemore, 2000
- Lee, 1952
- Blakemore, 2000
- Blakemore, 2000
- Lee, 1952
- Blakemore, 2000
- Blakemore, 2000
- Jamieson, 1972
- Cognetti de Martiis, 1909
- Blakemore, 2000
- Lee, 1952
- Spencer, 1900
- Lee, 1952
- (Ude, 1905)
- Lee, 1952
- Lee, 1959
- Blakemore, 2000
- Blakemore, 2000
- Keable, 1895
- Spencer, 1892
- Spencer, 1900
- Lee, 1959
- Blakemore, 2000
- Spencer, 1900
- Blakemore, 2000
- Blakemore, 2000
- (Ude, 1905)
- Spencer, 1892
- Lee, 1952
- Spencer, 1900
- Blakemore, 2000
References[]
- ^ "Nomenclator Zoologicus". Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ a b Megascolides. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera.
Further reading[]
- Giant Gippsland earthworm at the Museum Victoria website
- Rossiter, RJ; Gaffney, TJ; Rosenberg, H; Ennor, AH (1960). "The formation in vivo of lombricine in the earthworm (Megascolides cameroni)". The Biochemical Journal. 76 (3): 603–10. doi:10.1042/bj0760603. PMC 1204840. PMID 13743749.
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